ahmed_eissa - 10-23-2012 at 07:28 PM
Hello to all.
In my Arabic class we were put into groups for the semester and assigned an Arab country. At the end of the semester we are required to give a
presentation on our group's country. My group's country is Palestine.
Each member has a sub-topic to research and present (e.g., history, politics, geography) and mine is music.
After my oral presentation I wanted to give a short performance on my Oud.
I was hoping that members of this forum could share with me notable Palestinian composers, oud players with youtube clips, and famous songs.
Also, if anyone can find any websites in Arabic dealing with Palestinian music, those would be great too.
Thanks in advance for any help.
stringmanca - 10-23-2012 at 08:42 PM
Hi, Ahmed -
Hopefully, this will be helpful (my wife found these for you):
Palestinian debke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_Wuen3RfFc&feature=related
Palestinian wedding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFmRGzj_6uY&feature=related
More Palestinian music on a playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjDUZEUq8LRDOKshdW-F79Mc79Fer...
We brought our instruments in for our first Arabic class a few years ago and were a big hit! I'm sure you will be also!
Marcus - 10-24-2012 at 02:10 AM
Hi Ahmed 
I dont know nothing about traditional palestinian music,but I know (unfortunately not personally) 3 brilliant oud-players from Palestine.
Samir, Wissam and Adnan Joubran
There are clips en masse on youtube. This is one of my favourites.
Greetings from Germany,
Marcus
Brian Prunka - 10-24-2012 at 06:52 AM
Also Simon Shaheen, as well as Samer Totah and Issa Boulos.
John Erlich - 10-24-2012 at 08:44 AM
Here is my admittedly incomplete list of Palestinian oud players and other musicians:
1) Marwan Abado – http://marwan-abado.net/
2) Samer Totah – http://www.samertotah.com/
3) Moniem Adwan – http://www.moneimadwan.com/
4) Joubran brothers: – http://www.letriojoubran.com/
5) Kamilya Jubran – http://www.kamilyajubran.com/
6) Sameer Makhoul – http://www.olamale.com/htmls/sameer.htm
7) Adel Salameh – http://www.adelsalameh.com/
8) Issa Boulos – http://www.issaboulos.com/index.html
9) Amal Murkus – http://www.dirtylinen.com/linen/83/amal.html
10) Sabreen – http://www.sabreen.org/
11) Haytham Safia – http://www.haythamsafia.com/
12) Taiseer Elias – http://www.oud.eclipse.co.uk/elias.html
13) Kamil Shajrawi – http://www.kamilshajrawi.com/html/main.html
14) Nizar Rohana - http://www.nizarrohana.com/
15) Ahmad Al-Khatib - http://www.myspace.com/ahmadalkhatib
I didn't re-check all of the html's.
Best,
"Udi" John