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	Hafla: Beduin Evening, Coffee Grinding, Daḥḥīya Dance, Poem's Declamation	Different tribes recorded in Dir Nasib and Wadi Firan	05:58
104	Tune on Pipe-Flute	Wadi Firan man	01:48
105	Tune on Makrūna	Tarabin Tribe	02:11
106	Three Simsimiyya Tunes	Al-Tur lutist, drummer	04:30
107	Fisherman Song	Abu Rodeis	02:13
201	Yamania Song 1	Al-Tur lutist, singers	05:02
202	Yamania Song 2	Al-Tur lutist, singers	03:11
203	Ya khazarane	Al-Tur lutist, singers	02:20
204	Alá dal'úna	Fisherman from the Syro-Lebanese region	02:14
205	Love Song	Al-Tur lutist, singers	02:30
206	The Poor and the Rich	Al-Tur lutist, singers	03:32
207	Complaint	Al-Tur lutist, singers	02:46
208	Fisherman Dance	Al-Tur singers	04:48