Great Music from Middle East – beehype – Best Music from Around the World

Prominent songs, hymns and anthems that accompany the ongoing protests after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.

On his outstanding new album, Israeli singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer Nir Shlomo discovers a new world for himself, and for us.

Israel

Jasmin Moallem

In her latest ballad, Jasmin Moallem (יסמין מועלם) sums up what she really wants from life.

Belgium

Tunisia

Jawhar

A subdued song that is bursting with dynamics.

Morocco

Playlist

C H E B

We’ve never heard anyone like Moroccan composer, producer, multiinstrumentalist and singer CHEB.

Post-Modern Connection

Nigeria. Lebanon. Taiwan. Canada. Hear the world.

Lebanon

Postcards

“It’s about the damage done to everything that stands for a home – my partner, the actual home I live in, my city.”

UK

Palestine

Ruba Shamshoum

Ruba Shamshoum offers a literal and metaphorical breath of fresh air into what appears to be a heavily sound-produced atmosphere of the Arab indie scene.

UK

Palestine

Ruba Shamshoum

Ruba Shamshoum offers a literal and metaphorical breath of fresh air into what appears to be a heavily sound-produced atmosphere of the Arab indie scene.

Canada

Iran

Golsa

It’s interesting that even after 900 years, thoughts of a person who was a polymath in the daytime and a pessimist Epicurean drunkard during the night are still valid and sound.

Iran

Siriya Ensemble

A group of former school friends trying to create a new form of folk-pop.

Iran

Siriya Ensemble

A group of former school friends trying to create a new form of folk-pop.

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