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Khaliji (music)

Khaliji or Khaleeji music (, "Gulf music") is the music of Eastern Arabia and the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, and it is a popular genre across the Arab world. It is traditionally characterized

Bahrain#

  • Hala Al-Turk
  • Hanan Redha
  • Hind Al-Bahrinya
  • Ali Bahar † (Al-Ekhwa Band)
  • Ahmed Sultan (Sultanies Band) - Bandari + Khaleeji

Kuwait#

  • +Aziz
  • Bashar al-Shatti
  • Nawal El Kuwaitia
  • Shams

Saudi Arabia#

  • Abdul Majeed Abdullah

United Arab Emirates#

  • Ahlam Al-Shamsi
  • Hussain Al Jassmi
  • Mehad Hamad
  • Shamma Hamdan
  • Eida Al Menhali
  • Ahllam (Persian + Arabic Khaleeji)
  • Hamdan Al-Baloshi
  • Shahad Al-Bastaki
  • Mehrshad (Bander Abbas-born Emirati Artist)

Egypt#

  • Amr Diab
  • Angham
  • Tamer Hosny

Lebanon#

  • Diana Haddad
  • Nawal El Zoghbi

Morocco#

  • Ibtissam Tiskat
  • Jannat
  • Saad Lamjarred

Tunisia#

  • Saber Rebai
  • Thekra

Yemen#

  • Abu Bakr Salem Belfkih

See also#

  • Bandari music
  • Arabic music
  • Arabic pop music
  • Islamic music
Genre family
Persian Gulf music
Region
Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates