israel is a unique place where you can find an amazing mix of different point of view, faces, colors, flavors,and sounds of music that Jews have brought with them from different places around the world.

Jo Amar is a liturgical poet, singer and composer whose voice embodies the longing and beautiful rhythmic dissonance of Mizrahi music. A Moroccan Jew who came to Israel in the 1950s, Amar's rich history includes stints as a liturgical poet in the towns of Meknes, Fez, and Casablanca. hival footage from Amar's performances.* text from Online Guide To Films

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Dalal, oud and violin player, was born in Israel in 1955 to parents who emigrated from Iraq. His musical skills vary from classical European music to jazz, rock, blues and Arabic Classical music.His background as one of the latest representatives of Arab Jewish music from Iraq, has allowed him to develop this rare mix of traditional and modern, Jewish and Arab, Oriental and Western.* text from Magda Music. home page of Yair Dalal

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Nassim Dakwar 's violin playing is emotionally and technically astounding. He hails from the Arab village of Tarshiha and is thus, a Palestinian Arab of Israeli nationality. He has established a music conservatory in his village, and was the principal violinist of the Nazareth Orchestra of Classical Arab Music.
Dakwar play also with Bustan abrahamand ziryab trio violin and oud.* text from Cram world.

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Filfel Gourgy was born at the beginning of the 1930s in Baghdad, Iraq, and died in 1983 in the courtyard of his home in Israel. In the course of his life he managed to leave his imprint on Iraqi music, proving beyond all doubt that he was one of the great standard bearers of the modern revolution which took place in the field. He was born in Baghdad in ?Suq al-Hanoon? to a prosperous family of merchants. While still a child, he became known among those close to him as possessing a rare poetic ability and the voice of an angel. As a youngster, he was taken in hand by Hassan Habka, a Muslim Iraqi singer. His classical and musical Muslim education bestowed on him the privilege of reading the Koran to millions of Arab viewers, on the eve of Ramadan, on Israel Television. On 1950, due to the undermining of the harmonious relations which had existed between Jews and Muslims in Iraq and the ?Farhood pogroms?, Gourgy was no longer able to conceal his Jewish identity, hitherto kept secret. He was smuggled into Iran in the dead of night. Thus manifestations of hostility effectively cut short the young musician?s career in Iraq. After spending some six months in Iran, he immigrated to Israel. In no time at all he became famous, gaining a following among Jews from Iraq. His name also became known among the Muslims in Iraq and Jordan who listened to the Voice of Israel in Arabic. Filfel Gourgy wrote the words and composed the melody for most of his songs, the majority of them universal songs, in both literary and spoken Arabic, even updating ancient folk songs. Without a doubt, Filfel Gourgy occupies a place in the pantheon of Arab song and music, as an outstanding artist: his exceptional vocal talent and musical achievements assure him of an undisputed position among the greats. To this day, Filfel Gourgy is considered as one of the inheritors of the Arab classical singers such as Farid el Atrash, Umm Kulthum and Muhammad Abed el Waheb. This is the first time that a collection of his songs has been issued by a reputable commercial company. We have been forced to make a more or less random choice of just nine out of the hundreds of his best works. It is our hope that this album will find an appreciative ear among many music lovers throughout the world, and will break down the political borders, perhaps acting as a milestone in the mending of the musical deficiency which has been created. * text from Magda Music

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Moshe Habusha




see video 1. Ya Garesh Shodedi 2.Takasim Oud. listen audio 1.Yifrah Veyirbe 2.Roeh Hador 3.Habibi Eli. *by Ahaba

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Miguel Herstein

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Yasmin Levi


Yasmin father was a leading figure in the world of research into and preservation of the judeo-spanish calture. its language, ladino was a form of 15th century spanish later embellished with hebrew and other languages as the sepharadim spread out to other mediterranean countries.Yasmin is from jerusalem, 27 years old. she absorbed the ladino singing and culture at home.* text from ADAMA MUSIC.
contact Yasmin Levi

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Maurice El Medioni




still working on it.

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Amir Milstein

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Abraham Salman


he started to play at the age of five in iraq.his talent discovered after he joined to the iraqi royal radio.
NADA Production collect different recording of him to an album called saltana.

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