Bedouin Music of Southern Sinai

When this recording was made, the Bedouin of Southern Sinai were striving to maintain their semi-nomadic ways of life in a changing world. This selection provides a valuable record of and insight into their repertory of archaic poetry, songs and dances, as well as more popular tunes.

RELATED LESSON PLAN
"Egypt: The Bedouin Culture"

Track Listing

101	Hudjaini - Caravan Song	Tarabin Tribe	01:47
102	Water Drawing Song	Mzina tribe	02:10
103	Ḥafla: Bedouin Evening: Coffee Grinding, Daḥḥīya Dance, Poem's Declamation	Different tribes recorded in Dir Nasib and Wadi Firan	05:58
104	Flute Solo	Wadi Firan man	01:48
105	Makrūna	Tarabin Tribe	02:11
106	Three Simsimiyya Tunes	Al-Tur lutist, drummer	04:30
107	A Fisherman's Song	Abu Rodeis	02:13
201	A Yamania Song	Al-Tur lutist, singers	05:02
202	A Yamania Song	Al-Tur lutist, singers	03:11
203	Ya khazaráne - Love Song	Al-Tur lutist, singers	02:20
204	Alá dal 'úna	Fisherman from the Syro-Lebanese region	02:14
205	A Love Song	Al-Tur lutist, singers	02:30
206	The Rich and the Poor	Al-Tur lutist, singers	03:32
207	Yamania: Complaint - Epic Song	Al-Tur lutist, singers	02:46
208	A Fisherman's Dance	Al-Tur singers	04:48