retrouvée - migration

Abdel Gadir Salim - Jeenaki

* Photo by Dean Fleischman

aswan swing [retrouvée 2]

Ali Hassan Kuban - Habibi

au caïre [2]

Mahmoud Fadl with Samy el Bably - El Helwa



* Photo by Richard Stead

al-Maghrib

Houssaine Kili - Lalla Fatima



(Listen to Hamid Zahir's original recording of this song here)

* Photo by mustapha.meskine

al-jazayer [2]

Chaba Fadela & Cheb Sahraoui - N'Sel Fik



* Photo by miguel valle de figueiredo

bint al balad

The Musicians of the Nile - Ya Faraoule



* Photo by Rivertay

ya rai [2]

Zahouania - Nebghih

kordofan

Abdel Gadir Salim - Jeenaki

sahara

Etran Finatawa - Tiguedimma

nuit au caïre

Samy El Bably (with Hossam Ramzy) - Mawwal El-Oshaa



(More here)

* Photo by paprikaOptic

sand

Orchestre National de Barbès - Lemouima

maroc

Houssaine Kili - Kfaya (It's Enough)

wolof

Youssou N'Dour - Touba, Daru Salaam

twareg

Chet Féwet - Tadzi-Out



* Photo by ferlosio

al-misri

Roman Bunka - Percussion Dialog (From Color Me Cairo.)

bendir

Houria Aichi - Vent de la montaigne / Six sous

tuareg

Tartit - Abacabok (Lyrics here.)

ya rai

Cheikha Remitti - Hiyya Bghat Es-Sahra



"Inspiration comes to me at night, like a swarm of bees..."

(More info. here; also here.)

raks saaidi

Les Musiciens du Nil - Ya Dorah Shami



(From Latcho Drom)

* More info. on dance and culture here

chaabi parisienne

Orchestre National de Barbès - Soudani