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

  1. Ana fi entizarak khalet (I got tired of waiting for you)
  2. Riqq Solo
  3. Riqq Solo - An improvised solo on tambourine
  4. Samra ya samra (Oh you brown girl)
  5. Sama'i Bayati (Al-aryan)
  6. El helwa dayer shebbak (The beautiful girl in the window)
  7. Bint al-balad
  8. Khatwet habiby (Footsteps of my love)
  9. El Helwa Dayer Shebbak
  10. Khatwet Habiby
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  1. Habibi wa enaya (My darling, my dear)
  2. Habibi wa enaya
  3. Bint al-balad (Daughter of the country)
  4. Samra Ya Samra
  5. Ana Fi Entizarak Khalet
  6. Riqq Solo (An improvised solo on tambourine)
  7. Sam'i Bayati (Al-Aryan)
  8. Samâ'i Bayati (Al-Aryan)
  9. Bint al-balad - Daughter of the country
  10. Samra Ya Samra (Oh, You Brown Girl)
  11. Sāma'I Bayati (Al-Aryan)
  12. Sama'i Bayati - Al-aryan
  13. Ana fi entizarak
  14. Khatwet Habibi
  15. Rocky Raccoon
  16. Samā'i Bayati (Al-Aryan)
  17. Sama\'i Bayati - Al-aryan
  18. El helwa dayer shebbak - The beautiful girl in the window
  19. Khatwet habiby - Footsteps of my love
  20. Samra ya samra - Oh you brown girl
  21. Sama I Bayati

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