Looking for Modern Arabic music?

[Ben307598]

I'm looking for some music in Arabic, to listen to. (motivation and to see how much I like Arabic) I tried google and google translate and youtube and couldn't really find anything. There was a lot of English music with Arabic titles. I think I found 1 song that was modern and Arabic, and that had singing in it. I used phrases like music and modern music translated to Arabic and tried to search in google and youtube. I also looked for "Egypt Music" and didn't get what I was looking for.

[davidvdb]

Examples of music I usually listen to (Arab Indie):

• Anything by Mashrou' Leila (Roman, Cavalry, Djin, Bishuf, Ashabi etc.) (Lebanese)

• Anything by Cairokee (Ya Abyad Ya Eswed, Ya El Medan, No'ta Beeda etc.) (Egyptian)

• Ya Bay - Aziz Maraka (Jordanian)

(And if you can appreciate some Icelandic shouting, this (Palestinian+Icelandic) won't disappoint you - this music style isn't everyone's cup of tea and maybe a little too intense for most people, but definitely modern)

Examples of songs my mom listens to (Arab pop):

• 3 Daqat - Abu Ft. Yousra (EG)

• Ma Balash - Hamaki (EG)

• Masha'er - Sherine (EG)

• Krahni - Elissa (LB)

• 7elm B3eed - Mahmood El Esseily (EG)

• Yetamelo - Amr Diab (EG)

• Naseny Leh - Tamer Hosny (EG)

And old but gold:

• Helwa ya Baladi - Dalida (Egyptian)

• Ana La Habibi - Fayrouz (Lebanese)

Ask me if you need more! :)

[closetrebels]

Thanks so much! Will check these out :)

[SASSYandsisters.]

Humood alkhudher - "La nahtajul mala" + "Kun Anta"

[Timothy.Bettis]

"Sharmoofers" are one of my favorite Arab hip-hop artists, and Khaled is a French-Arabic speaking artist from Tunisia that has some pretty addictive songs (C'est la vie).

And as always, Fayrouz and Um Kolthoum are the 2 classic musical titans of the Arab world.

[TJ_Q8]

I listen mostly to classics. As a beginning, you might like this short one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ss1gExj_j8

It's an Andalusian folk, performed by Sabah Fakhri, a Syrian tenor.

[kwis20171]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7iSJbEUuRnE

[RodneyRaRa]

Had some good Arabic friends in high school and grew to love Arabic music. Still do!
Listen to some Arabic pop music: Nancy Ajram, Elissa, Amr Diab, etc.

[jordennedroj]

Look up Nancy Ajram. She's like the MJ of the Middle East!

[TheSnailShablul]

Hi! I myself also look for Arabic music to help understand words better and I really recommend going through playlists on Spotify! One playlist I really enjoy for example is "Arab indie" (by Spotify itself)
Found like that a couple songs I really liked! For example:
sharmoofers - khalas hasaytar
bachar mar khalife - lemon
Mashrou leila - fasateen
(And more of course ;) )