ASWAAT 01

An opening mix from the Arab songbook that lingers in the memory. Umm Kulthum, Fairuz, Asmahan, Sabah, Warda, Majida El Roumi—voices that have outlasted their decades and still hold a room. Ziad and Elias Rahbani alongside Marcel Khalife and Kadim Al Sahir, drifting between tarab, ballad and quieter melodic moments. A slow listen, best heard end to end.

1. Kadim Al Sahir – Ha Habibi
2. Ziad Rahbani – Bala Wala Chi
3. Umm Kulthum – Fen Ya Layaly Al Hana
4. Asmahan – Emta Hataraf
5. Fairuz – Katabna We Ma Katabna
6. Asmahan & Farid al-Atrash – Ya Reitni Teir
7. Majida El Roumi – Matrahak Bi Albi
8. Sabah – Yana Yana
9. Julia Boutros – Ya Ossas
10. Warda – Ah Law Abeltak Men Zaman
11. Fairuz – Saalouny El Nas
12. Marcel Khalife – Call of the Rooster (El Helwa Di)
13. Elias Rahbani – Dance of Maria
14. Hamid Al Shaeri – Maktoub Aleina

Music Curation: Mohammed Abood 
Music Sequencing: Youssef Nasser 
Mixing and Mastering: Sourodeep Guha 
Technical QC and Delivery: Mark Alvarez