A blog about life in the hottest and holiest region in the world.
Arabic Music's Golden Oldies
Listening to Majida al-Roumi's "I Dream of You, O Lebanon" got me in the mood for some more YouTube tunes.
Especially for everybody celebrating Eid al-Adha this week, here are snippets from two of the greats of Arabic music, Umm Khalsoum singing the eternal "Enta Omri" ("You Are My Life") and Farid Atrash, the "master," strumming the oud. (Our thanks to sherief222 and youboob83.)
Happy holidays...
--By Scott MacLeod/Cairo
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