Hesham El Araby
About the artist
Hesham El-Araby is an Egyptian percussionist and educator, best known as a master of the riqq and frame drums (duff). Internationally, he’s most visible on recordings such as The Music of Islam, Vol. 1: Al-Qahirah – Classical Music of Cairo (Celestial Harmonies, 1998), where he is credited on riqq, alongside Mamdouh El-Gbaly (oud), Mostafa Abd El-Khalek (qanun) and Mohammed Foda (nay). He also appears in later projects like Egyptian Taqasim Volume One
Top songs
- Ana fi entizarak khalet (I got tired of waiting for you)
- Riqq Solo
- Riqq Solo - An improvised solo on tambourine
- Samra ya samra (Oh you brown girl)
- Sama'i Bayati (Al-aryan)
- El helwa dayer shebbak (The beautiful girl in the window)
- Bint al-balad
- Khatwet habiby (Footsteps of my love)
- El Helwa Dayer Shebbak
- Khatwet Habiby
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- Habibi wa enaya (My darling, my dear)
- Habibi wa enaya
- Bint al-balad (Daughter of the country)
- Samra Ya Samra
- Ana Fi Entizarak Khalet
- Riqq Solo (An improvised solo on tambourine)
- Sam'i Bayati (Al-Aryan)
- Samâ'i Bayati (Al-Aryan)
- Bint al-balad - Daughter of the country
- Samra Ya Samra (Oh, You Brown Girl)
- Sāma'I Bayati (Al-Aryan)
- Sama'i Bayati - Al-aryan
- Ana fi entizarak
- Khatwet Habibi
- Rocky Raccoon
- Samā'i Bayati (Al-Aryan)
- Sama\'i Bayati - Al-aryan
- El helwa dayer shebbak - The beautiful girl in the window
- Khatwet habiby - Footsteps of my love
- Samra ya samra - Oh you brown girl
- Sama I Bayati
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