Khaliji (music)

Khaliji (also spelled Khaleeji; Arabic: الموسيقى الخليجية‎ meaning Gulf music) is a type of modern contemporary music characteristic of Central and Eastern Arabia (see Arab states of the Persian Gulf) and popular across the Arab world. It is characterized by heavy use of the oud and other string instruments such as the violin, the occasional use of bagpipes, and the inclusion of percussion instruments such as the mirwas, tabl, and duff drums. Khaliji incorporates elements of African, Indian, and Iranian music overlaying indigenous Arabian genres such as Samri, Liwa, and Sawt.[1] Kuwait 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 in a fashion similar to Cairo and Beirut in the case of Arabic pop music.[2][3][4] Kuwaitis, in addition to Saudis, were also among the first commercial recording artists and composers in the Persian Gulf region and the Khaliji scene continues to be dominated primarily by Saudi, Kuwaiti, and Bahraini artists and composers today.[2][3][4]

Prominent Khaliji singers

Kuwait
  • Mahmoud Alkuwaity
  • Abdulla Alfudhalah
  • Abdulatif Alkuwaity
  • Saleh and Dawood Alkuwaity
  • Aisha Al-Martta
  • Awaad Salem
  • Oudah Almuhanna
  • Awadh Doukhi
  • Hussain Jasem
  • Ghareed Alshati
  • Shadi Alkhaleej
  • Saleh Alhuraibi
  • Abdulmohsen Almuhanna
  • Moustafa Ahmad
  • Abas Albadri
  • Layla Abdulaziz
  • Yahya Ahmad
  • Abdulkareem Abdulkader
  • Aliyah Hussain
  • Sana Alkharaz
  • Rabab
  • Sulaiman Almulla
  • Nawal El Kuwaitia
  • Abdallah Al Rowaished
  • Nabil Shuail
  • Mohammed Almisbah
  • Mohammed Albloushi
  • Fatat Sultan
  • Rabiha Marzouq
  • Yousef Almotref
  • Khaled bin Hussain
  • Ahmed Alhuraibi
  • Hamad Almanea
  • Abdulrahman Alhuraibi
  • Abdulaziz Althuwaihi
  • Houmod Nasser
  • Fatooma
  • Sulaiman Algassar
  • Basem Alradhan
  • Tareq Alkhurayef
  • Shams
  • Maram
  • Bashar Sultan
  • Shamayel
  • Youssef Al Omani
  • Fawaz Almarzouq
  • Bashar Alshatti
  • Abdulqader Hadhoud
  • Miami Band
  • Guitara Band
  • Rahaf Guitara
  • Motref Almotref
  • Daffy
  • Queen G

Saudi Arabia

Bahrain

United Arab Emirates

Qatar

Oman

Yemen

Jordan

Iraq
  • Majid al-Muhandis
  • Osama Al Hamdani
  • Hussam Kamel
  • Waleed Al Shami
  • Saif Nabeel
  • Adel Al-Mukhtar

Egypt

Morocco


Tunisia

Libya

Syria

Lebanon

Algeria

France
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See also

References
  1. Eyre, Banning. "Feature: Africans in the Arabian (Persian) Gulf (interview with Joseph Braude)". Afropop Worldwide. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  2. Mustafa Said. "The History of Recording in the Gulf Area". Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  3. Laith Ulaby. "Performing the Past: Sea Music in the Arab Gulf States". p. 99. Archived from the original on 19 February 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  4. Mustafa Said. "The History of Recording in the Gulf Area (2)". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
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