Khaliji (music)

Khaliji (music)
Khaliji music (also spelled Khaleeji; meaning Gulf music) is the music of Eastern Arabia, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf and it is popular across the Arab world. It is traditionally characterized by heavy use of the rebab, oud and other string instruments such as the violin, the occasional use of habbān, and the inclusion of percussion instruments such as the mirwas, tabl, and duff drums. Khaliji music first started as a bedouin tradition with poetry sung by a tribe's shaa'ir, which means poet, usually accompanied by a rebab, the lyrics dealt with tales of honor, love, camel riders, and glory warriors.
Khaliji music has roots going back more than 1,000 years, to the Islamic period, under the Umayyads and Abbasids in Baghdad, Iraq. In the modern era, Kuwaitis were the first commercial recording artists and composers in the Persian Gulf region; Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia pioneered the Khaliji genre into its modern form in the second half of the 20th century and soon became the focal point of the industry, but in recent years UAE has increased its impact on the Khaliji genre. The Khaliji scene mainly consists of by Iraqi, Emirati, Kuwaiti, Bahraini, and Saudi artists today. Along with its main Arabian style, Khaliji music can also sometimes incorporate few elements of East African along with the Arabian genre such as Liwa, Moradah,and Sawt reflecting the region's ethnic history.
In recent years, a new Independent scene has started to emerge in Arab states of the Persian Gulf that aims to challenge the sociocultural norms of modern Khaleeji society through a sound that's distinct from traditional Khaliji music, the scene has been coined as "Alternative Khaliji" by Kuwaiti-American musician +Aziz.
Khaliji singers
Eastern Arabia
Bahrain
Salman Hameed
Abdullah Taki
Adel Mahmoud
Ahmed Aljumairy
Alekhwa Band
Ali Bahar
Hala Al Turk
Hind
Hussain Faisal
Khaled El Sheikh
Salman Ziman
Herban (singer)
Iraq
Saif Nabeel
Waleed Al Shami
Salah Al Bahar
Hussam Al Rassam
Kazem Al Saher
Osama Al Hamdani
Muhanned Muhsen
Reda Abdullah
Hatem Al Iraqi
Namir (singer)
Waleed Al-Shami
Hussam Kamel
Adel Al-Mukhtar
Majid al-Muhandis
Osama Al Hamdani
Rahma Riad
Kuwait
Abas Albadri
Abdallah Al Rowaished
Abdulatif Alkuwaity
Abdulkareem Abdulkader
Abdulla Alfudhalah
Abdulaziz Althuwaihi
Abdulmohsen Almuhanna
Abdulqader Hadhoud
Abdulrahman Alhuraibi
Ahmed Alhuraibi
Aisha Al-Martta
Aliyah Hussain
Awaad Salem
Awadh Doukhi
+Aziz
Basem Alradhan
Bashar al-Shatti
Bashar Sultan
Daffy
Fatat Sultan
Fatooma
Fawaz Almarzouq
Faisal Al-Rashed
Ghareed Alshati
Guitara Band
Hamad Almanea
Houmod Nasser
Hussain Jasem
Khaled bin Hussain
Layla Abdulaziz
Mahmoud Alkuwaity
Miami Band
Maram
Mohammed Albloushi
Mohammed Almisbah
Moustafa Ahmad
Motref Almotref
Nabil Shuail
Nawal El Kuwaitia
Oudah Almuhanna
Queen G
Rabab
Rabiha Marzouq
Rahaf Guitara
Saleh Alhuraibi
Saleh and Dawood Alkuwaity
Sana Alkharaz
Shadi Alkhaleej
Shamayel
Shams
Sulaiman Algassar
Sulaiman Almulla
Tareq Alkhurayef
Yahya Ahmad
Youssef Al Omani
Yousef Almotref
Oman
Salim Rashid Suri
Salah Al Zadjali
Qatar
Saud Jassem
Fahad Al Kubaisi
Saad Al Fahad
Faraj Abdul-Kareem
Saudi Arabia
Tariq Abdulmajid
Thamer Al-Turki
Turki (singer)
Saud Bin Abdullah
Fahad Al Aibanni
Rashad El Faris
Ohud (singer)
Muhammed Al-Bakery
Ali Samara
Fahad Bin Faslan
Abdulaziz Louis
Anas Kareem
Mutlak Al-Dukheel
Muhammed Al Busaili
Ghazay Bin Sahab
Muhammed Sawag
Ibrahim Al-Dukheel
Majed Al Raslani
Hussein Al-Ali
Faris Mahdi
Dalia Mubarak
Bader Al-Leimon
Basheer Shanaan
Abu Baker Salem
Ali Al-Saad
Al-Ounoud
Alaa Saad
Abadi Al-Johar
Ali Bin Muhammed
Sahab (singer)
Yasser Habib
Saad Al-Fahad
Rami Abdullah
Nahwa (singer)
Muhammed Zailai
Noura (singer)
Jaber Al-Kasser
Khaled Turki
Jawad Al-Ali
Hussein Al Omar
Basheer Hamad Shanan
Essam Areef
Abdulaziz Al-Mansour
Abdulaziz Eliass
Abdullah Rashad
Abdullah Al-Iddriss
Ali Abdul-Satar
Ayed Youssef
Um Talal
Abadi Al-Johar
Abass Ibrahim
Abdul Majeed Abdullah
Aseel Abu Bakr
Aseel Omran
Ayed (Khaliji Musician)
Dalia Mubarak
Etab
Ibtisam Lutfi
Ismail Mubarak
Khalid Abdulrahman
Mohammed Abdu
Qusai (musician)
Rabeh Sager
Ramy Abdullah
Rashed Al-Majed
Sahab (Singer)
Talal Maddah
Talal Salama
Ali Abdul Karim
Abdel Hadi Hussein
Abdullah Salman
Bahaa Sultan
Dhawi
Farfashah
Hani Al Ahdal
Ibrahim El Tamimi
Naif El Badar
Muhammed Yousef Jassem
Rimas
Raghad
Rena
Saleh Saad
Salah Ahmad Khalifah
Aseel Abu Baker
United Arab Emirates
Turki Al-Shaabi
Muhammed Murshad
Muhammed Al-Saeed
Mohammed Saeed Harib
Hamid El Jissmi
Al-Shab Said
Muhammed Al-Hamili
Reem (singer)
Faiz Said
Badoor (singer)
Abdullah Al-Salman
Ahmad Al Mala
Ahmad Ibrahim
Alaa Al-Shahri
Al-Makabeel (singer)
Abdullah Bilkher
Waleed Ibrahim
Ahlam
Ahmad Al-Mala
Ahmad Ibrahim
Eida Al Menhali
Hussain Al Jasmi
Mehad Hamad
Reem Al Mahmoudi
Samar (singer)
Shamma Hamdan
Fatoon
Hamsa
Other Arab Countries
Algeria
Fulla
Warda Al-Jazairia
Fella Ababsa
Jordan
Diana Karazon
Omar Al-Abdallat
Saba Mubarak
Mohammed Ramadan
Egypt
Abdel Halim Hafez
Samir Jadd
Ramy Jamal
Jamal Ahmad
Faris (singer)
Tamer Ashour
Ahmad Maki
Saad Al-Sagheer
Mohamed Henedi
Ahmad Al-Essawi
Walid Al-Hakim
Shihab Housni
Ahmad Al-Essawi
Amr Diab
Angham
Umm Kulthum
Carmen Suleiman
Hakim (Egyptian singer)
Shaaban Abdel Rahim
ZeeZee Adel
Anoushka (Egyptian singer)
Laila Ghofran
May Kassab
Sherine Wagdy
Mohammed Hamaki
Moustafa Amar
Khaled Selim
May Matar
Wael Munir
Hamada Halal
Muhammed Fouad
Najah Salam
Ahmed Saad
Hany Shaker
Mohamed Mounir
Muhammed Mahai
Madhad Saleh
Shima Said
Khalid Aggag
Ehab Tawfik
Yousra (Egyptian singer)
Tamer Hosny
Lebanon
Bilal (Lebanese singer)
Wassam Al-Amir
Samir Kabru
Iwan (singer)
Layla Iskander
Ihab Yaghi
Alessa (singer)
Ziad Barji
Naya (singer)
Natasha (singer)
Nadi Shamali
Moeen Charif
Halah Hadi
Adam (singer)
Wael Mansour
Grace Deeb
Assi El Hallani
Diana Haddad
Dina Hayek
Julia Boutros
Nawal Al Zoghbi
Bassima (singer)
Wael Kfoury
Fares Karam
Najwa Karam
Fairuz
Ramy Ayach
Wael Jassar
Walid Toufic
Joseph Attieh
Melhem Zain
Alaa Zalzali
Suzanne Tamim
Nasri Shamseddine
Ziad Rahbani
Wadih El Safi
Georges Al Rassi
Marcel Khalife
Melhem Barakat
Ahmad Kaabour
Karter Zaher
Yasmine Hamdan
Chantal Bitar
Najwa Sultan
Nahwa (singer)
Simona Daou
Madeleine Matar
Haithem Shaker
Rabia Al Asmer
Nay Sulaiman
Zain El Omr
Fadel Chaker
Libya
Ayman Alatar
Morocco
Jannat
Morad El Gzanay
Hoda Saad
Douzi
Asma Lamnawar
Dounia Batma
Rajae Belmlih
Salma Rachid
Shatha Hassoun
Larbi Batma
Hamid Bouchnak
Saida Fikri
Abdessadeq Cheqara
Ahmed Soultan
Houcine Slaoui
Ammouri Mbarek
Said Senhaji
Mohamed Rouicha
Jamilla
Mona Amarsha
Morad El Gzanay
Tarik Bardad
Younis Al Rabat
Abdel Fatah Al Gharini
Fadwa Al-Maliki
Samar Abdulaziz
Syria
Rania Shalhoub
Sary Al-Sawas
Assala Nasri
George Wassouf
Rouwaida Attieh
Wadee Murad
Eyad Saqr
Majd Al-Kassem
Rami Mousa
Tunisia
Latifa
Saber Rebai
Shayma Helali
Thekra
Oumaima Talib
Yusra Mahnoosh
Amani Swissi
Zaza (singer)
Yemen
Abu Bakr Salem Belfkih
Arwa (singer)
Balqees Ahmed Fathi
Fouad Abdulwahed
Ahmed Fathi
Suha Al-Masri
Palestine
Muhammed Assaf
Hanna Al Haj Hassan
Jamil Murad
Fadee Andrawos
Mohammed Assaf
Toni Qattan
Nabil Salameh
Mohammad Al Saleh
Other Countries
France
Faudel
Rachid Taha
Najim
Natacha Atlas
Amal Wehbe
Cheba Maria
Cheb Mami
Cheb Faris El Sataifi
Spain
Hakim (Spanish singer)
Greece
Grigoris Asikis
Konstantinos Argyros
Yiorgos Batis
George Dalaras
Anestis Delias
Stratos Pagioumtzis
Giorgos Xylouris
Babis Tsertos
Mariza Koch
United Kingdom
Yusuf Islam
Sami Yusuf
Iran
Evin Agassi
Nematollah Aghasi
Hooshmand Aghili
Salar Aghili
Morteza Ahmadi
Alireza Assar
Davood Azad
Mohsen Chavoshi
Farman Fathalian
Farzad Fattahi
Babak Jahanbakhsh
Shahrum Kashani
Ehsan Khajeh Amiri
Ali Lohrasbi
Morteza Pashaei
Rahim Shahriari
Reza Yazdani
Mohsen Yeganeh
Sima Bina
Leila Forouhar
Googoosh
Mahasti
Marjan (singer)
Giti Pashaei
Israel
Etti Ankri
Zohra Al Fassiya
Yael Naim
Cyprus
Hovig Demirjian
See also
Arabic music
Arabic pop music
References
Arab culture
Bahraini music
Kuwaiti music
Emirati music
Qatari music
Omani music
Iraqi music
Saudi Arabian music