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    Iraqi Maqam (Arabic: المقام العراقي, romanized: al-maqām al-ʿIrāqī) is a genre of Arabic maqam music found in Iraq. The roots of modern Iraqi maqam can...
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  • In traditional Arabic music, maqam (Arabic: مقام, romanized: maqām, literally "ascent"; pl. مقامات maqāmāt) is the system of melodic modes, which is mainly...
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  • melodic modes in traditional Arabic music Iraqi maqam, a genre of Arabic maqam music found in Iraq Persian maqam, a notion in Persian classical music Turkish...
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    Santur (redirect from Iraqi santur)
    Al-Mughannūn al-Baghdādīyyūn wa al-Maqām al-ʻIrāqī. Baghdad: Wizarat al-Irshad. "Amir ElSaffar | Jazz Trumpeter | Composer | Iraqi Maqam Singer | Santoor Player"...
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    Hebrew, Turkmen, Aramaic or Persian language lyrics. The roots of modern Iraqi maqam can be traced as far back as the Abbasid Caliphate, when that large empire...
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    leading up to the present. The Iraqi maqam is considered to be the most noble and perfect form of maqam. Al-maqam al-Iraqi is the collection of sung poems...
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    Muhammad al-Qubanchi (category 20th-century Iraqi male singers)
    Baghdad, Iraq. He is one of the creative pioneers in the field of Iraqi maqam who also modernized it, and he is considered one of the most famous maqam reciters...
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    Saleh and Daoud Al-Kuwaity (category Kuwaiti people of Iraqi descent)
    classical music of Iraq and Kuwait, especially the Iraqi maqam and Kuwaiti sawt genres. In 1951, the brothers immigrated from Iraq to Israel. The brothers...
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  • music of Iraq. Saleh was considered the father of Iraqi maqam and wrote the first song. He also composed for famous singers of that era in Iraq and the...
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  • فريدة محمد علي) (born 1963 in Kerbala, Iraq) is an Iraqi singer. She performs regularly in the Iraqi Maqam Ensemble. The ensemble was established in...
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  • well as more modern jazz elements. The word 'maqam' refers here to Arabic melodic art, but also to Iraqi maqam, as practiced by master oud player Munir Bashir...
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  • Amir ElSaffar (category American people of Iraqi descent)
    Guild Jazz Improvisation Competition. He studied Iraqi maqam music in Baghdad and learned to play an Iraqi instrument, the santur. He began to weave traditional...
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    A Maqām (Arabic: مقام) is a Muslim shrine constructed at a site linked to a religious figure or saint, commonly found in the Levant (or al-Shām), which...
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    Andalusian classical music Andalusi nubah Bashraf Dawr Dulab Layali Malhun Iraqi maqam Mawwal Muwashshah Qasidah Qudud Halabiya Sama'i Tahmilah Taqsim Waslah...
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    Andalusian classical music Andalusi nubah Bashraf Dawr Dulab Layali Malhun Iraqi maqam Mawwal Muwashshah Qasidah Qudud Halabiya Sama'i Tahmilah Taqsim Waslah...
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  • MAQAM is a US-based production company specializing in Arabic and Middle Eastern media. The company was established by a small group of Arabic music and...
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  • Hamid al-Saadi (category 20th-century Iraqi male singers)
    Hamid al-Saadi (born 1958) is the foremost singer of Iraqi Maqam – a form of Arab poetry, sung in a traditional way. He has mastered all 56 pieces in...
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    Nazem al-Ghazali (category 20th-century Iraqi male actors)
    or Nathem; 1921 – 23 October 1963) was an Iraqi singer, considered one of the most important figures in Iraqi music. Nazem al-Ghazali was born in the Haydar-Khana...
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    Andalusian classical music Andalusi nubah Bashraf Dawr Dulab Layali Malhun Iraqi maqam Mawwal Muwashshah Qasidah Qudud Halabiya Sama'i Tahmilah Taqsim Waslah...
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    9780812241242. (in English) Iraqi Maqam voices of women: an analytical study of the critical technical experience of Iraqi women in singing Almqami, by...
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    sacred month. Nearby the Kaaba was located the betyl which was later called Maqam Ibrahim; a place called al-Ḥigr which Aziz al-Azmeh takes to be reserved...
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    Ahellil Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah Bedu culture at Petra and Wadi Rum Iraqi maqam Jemaa el-Fnaa Palestinian hikaye Shashmaqam Song of Sana'a Taghribat Bani...
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  • Dr. Rashid, Subhi Anwar: The musical Instrument of Iraqi Maqam "Arabic Musical Instruments". Maqam World. Archived from the original on 7 May 2006. Retrieved...
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    Andalusian classical music Andalusi nubah Bashraf Dawr Dulab Layali Malhun Iraqi maqam Mawwal Muwashshah Qasidah Qudud Halabiya Sama'i Tahmilah Taqsim Waslah...
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    (1896–1958), Iraqi Assyrian composer and scholar, wrote numerous books and treatises over oriental music, Iraqi Maqams and Syriac hymnody. Janan Sawa, Iraqi Assyrian...
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    Ahellil Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah Bedu culture at Petra and Wadi Rum Iraqi maqam Jemaa el-Fnaa Palestinian hikaye Shashmaqam Song of Sana'a Taghribat Bani...
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    Ahellil Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah Bedu culture at Petra and Wadi Rum Iraqi maqam Jemaa el-Fnaa Palestinian hikaye Shashmaqam Song of Sana'a Taghribat Bani...
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    "Sadeh/Sada celebration". UNESCO Culture Sector. Retrieved 2023-12-06. "The Iraqi Maqam". UNESCO Culture Sector. Archived from the original on August 27, 2009...
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    vocal, secular or sacred. The Arab's musical mentality is defined by: The maqām phenomenon. The predominance of vocal music. The predilection for small...
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    One Thousand and One Nights (category Iraqi folklore)
    (derived from the seventh-century Persian Bakhtiyārnāma). In the 1950s, the Iraqi scholar Safa Khulusi suggested (on internal rather than historical evidence)...
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