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Julia Boutros
Lebanese artist.
Kazem El Saher's Internet Fan Club
According to the webmaster, "This is the best Kazem El Saher page because it's the ONLY Kazem El Saher page!" 'Nuff said!
Kazem El Saher's Yahoo Fan Club
A fan club/discussion group.
Fairuz
A great tribute to one of the most influential singers (and production team) in the Middle East. There are plenty of links as well.
Abdul Halim Hafez
A well known, much respected classic singer. Site includes music and bio.
Assi Hallani
Lebanese singer with a very complete site with songs, video and more.
Marcel Khalife
The Lebanese Yanni. A very talented young musician and composer with some really great instrumentals and some wonderfully soothing and often political songs.
Elias Rahbani
Biographical information dedicated to Elias Rahbani's work, past and present.
Samira Said
Site with background info, photos and other links to a Samira video.
Simon Shaheen
Another talented musician and composer, as artistic as Marcel Khalife with a wonderfully complete site to order music, and find all sorts of great information.
Farhabi
Modern group of four musicians performing music of Turkey, Greece, and the Arab World. Associated with the UCSB Middle Eastern Ensemble.
The Oriental Orchestra of Toowomba
A dance and music ensemble from Toowomba, Australia. They play a mixture of Arabic dance tunes and a jazz-Arabic fusion of music. They will release a CD around Christmas time, hopefully we'll have a review for you here.
Stars of the Oasis
An Arab-American group playing the best in Arabic music. They perform on the east coast of the U.S. performing at weddings, parties, and other occasions.

The Doumbek Video
A sales pitch for an instructional video available for the Doumbek drummer. It covers beginning to advanced techniques in the Arabic drumming style
Dumbek Rhythms
Middle Eastern Dance and Dumbek Rhythms. Includes WAV samples.
Learning Middle Eastern Percussion
Very comprehensive site!
Percussion East
Order fine Percussion & Wind Instruments from the Lands of the East.
Quick and Dirty Guide to Doumbek Rhythms
Comprehensive site about middle eastern drumming

Arabic Classical Music
History of Arabic Musi
Arabic Music Newsgroup
Usually not too interesting...maybe you can spice it up.
ART TV
Arts program listing
Discographies
Resources on Arabic and Maghrebian Music. Includes Umm Kalthoum and Abd Al Wahab discographies plus some articles.
RaiCom
Rai Music site - some real audio and background - under development
Traslated Song Lyrics
Some Arabic oldies, and new songs in English translations.
The Story of Arabic Music
Written by Dr. Kadri M.G. El Araby
Society for Ethnomusicology