in Arabic. Both forms of music also contain characteristic nonmetric improvisations. The melodic and tonal building of performances, which is based upon a program of modes namedInnovations in popular music by way of the impact of other regional types have also abounded from Morocco to Saudi … Read More


The shaykha attains her position and understanding by apprenticing to an existing shaykha, typically a maternal feminine relative. The title is slowly bestowed by Local communi… Read More