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Evening Listening: Samri

Evening Listening: Samri

The K · March 23, 2015

This is a Samri song "Ya Hala Belli" sung at the Bin Hussein Diwaniya in Kuwait a well known and respected space for music. (song starts 42 seconds into the video)

Feel like singing along? Here are the lyrics in Arabic

What is Samri? A little bit about it in Performing the Past: Sea Music in the Arab Gulf States By Laith Ulaby

Here is the older version recorded by Aisha AlMarta

Tags: music, Kuwait, Gulf, Samri

Photo: Xmas in Aden 1898
Quote of The Day From: Cities in the Arabian Peninsula