Bedouin Music of Southern Sinai

Various Artists

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	1:47
102	Water Drawing Song	Mzina tribe	2:10
103	Ḥafla: Bedouin Evening: Coffee Grinding, Daḥḥīya Dance, Poem's Declamation	Different tribes recorded in Dir Nasib and Wadi Firan	5:58
104	Flute Solo	Wadi Firan man	1:48
105	Makrūna	Tarabin Tribe	2:11
106	Three Simsimiyya Tunes	Al-Tur lutist, drummer	4:30
107	A Fisherman's Song	Abu Rodeis	2:13
201	A Yamania Song	Al-Tur lutist, singers	5:02
202	A Yamania Song	Al-Tur lutist, singers	3:11
203	Ya khazaráne - Love Song	Al-Tur lutist, singers	2:20
204	Alá dal 'úna	Fisherman from the Syro-Lebanese region	2:14
205	A Love Song	Al-Tur lutist, singers	2:30
206	The Rich and the Poor	Al-Tur lutist, singers	3:32
207	Yamania: Complaint - Epic Song	Al-Tur lutist, singers	2:46
208	A Fisherman's Dance	Al-Tur singers	4:48