Arab music

Arabic music or Arab music (Arabic: الموسيقى العربية – ALA-LC: al-mūsīqā al-‘Arabīyah) is the music of the Arab World. Arabic music, while independent and very alive, has a long history of interaction with many other regional musical styles and genres. It is an amalgam of the music of the Arabs in the Arabian Peninsula and the music of all the peoples that make up the Arab World today. As was the case in other artistic and scientific fields, Arab... More

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