tracks

Hala Ya Nour Einy (Sweetheart, The Light Of My Eyes)
Ma Yefareqna El Zaman (Time Can't Come Between Us)
Instrumental Choubi Segment
Ya Makhtheen Al Welif (Oh, Those Who Take My Love)
Al Asmar (The Brunette)
Ya Zakariyya
Khil Wa Khalileh (A Man And A Woman)
Ya Makhthat Al Welif (Oh, Those Who Take My Love)
A'shka (Girl In Love)
Mesafrah (Traveler)
Mawal Introduction
Kolli Ala Al Makshouf (Be Honest With Me)
Oyouna Shamiyat (Her Beautiful Eyes)
Helwa Ya 'Em Oyoun Al Soud (Pretty, With Black Eyes)
Yil'ab Choubi (Play Choubi On My Wounds)
Ataba And Choubi
Bye, Bye, Bye
Watad (The Stake)

notes

This volume is dedicated to the beloved Iraqi singer and intellectual Salah Abdel Ghafour (b. 1952), who is heard here on tracks A5, C3 and D1. Sadly, a car accident in Erbil took his life in April, 2013. Salah was Iraqi of Kurdish origin. He had achieved international fame, and recorded dozens of albums - many of them focusing on Iraqi Maqam and heritage music.

The tracks on this collection were selected from Iraqi cassette-tapes and discs found throughout Syria and the Iraqi neighborhoods of Detroit, Michigan between 1995-2010

Gatefold jacket

credits

Compiled By – Mark Gergis
Design – Farah Abed, Mark Gergis
Edited By – Mark Gergis
Other [Additional Translations] – Rezan Yusef & Peter Gergis
Other [Text], Design [Assistance] – Ayesha Keshani
Translated By – Farah Abed

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