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Abū al-Farāj claimed to have taken 50 years in writing the work, which ran to over 10,000 pages and contains more than 16,000 verses of Arabic poetry.It can be seen as having three distinct sections: the first deals with the '100 Best Songs' chosen for the caliph Harūn al-Rashīd, the second with royal composers, and the third with songs chosen by the author himself. [3]
"The Arab Dream" (Arabic: الحلم العربي, romanized: al-Ḥulm al-ʿArabī) is a 1996 pan-Arab song, discussing themes of Arab unity and pan-Arabism. Often described as an "operetta" in the Arab world, the song includes performances by 22 Arab artists. [1] [2]
Qareat El Fengan (Arabic: قارِئةُ الفِنجان; "The Fortune Teller", literally "The Coffee Cup Reader") [1] is a poem written by Nizar Qabbani and performed by Abdel Halim Hafez. He sang it for the first time in April 1976. The song is considered to be one of the classic Arabic songs, and one of the most notable Abdel Halim songs.
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Arabic music (Arabic: الموسيقى العربية, romanized: al-mūsīqā l-ʿarabiyyah) is the music of the Arab world with all its diverse music styles and genres. Arabic countries have many rich and varied styles of music and also many linguistic dialects , with each country and region having their own traditional music .
Al Watan Al Akbar - Pan-Arabic Patriotic Anthem Al-Watan Al-Akbar ( Arabic : الوطن الأكبر , translated The Greatest Homeland ) is a pan-Arab musical created in Egypt . The song was composed by the Egyptian Mohammed Abdel Wahab in 1960, and arranged by Egyptian composer Ali Ismael , with lyrics by poet Ahmad Shafik Kamal .
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Illustration from Al-Fārābī (about 870-950): Kitāb al-mūsīqī al kabīr Drawing of a musical instrument, called Shahrud Kitab al-Musiqa al-Kabir (Arabic: كِتٰبَ ٱلمُوْسِيقَىٰ ٱلكَبِيرُ, transl. the Great Book of Music) is a treatise on music in Arabic by the Islamic Golden Era philosopher al-Farabi (872-950/951).