In addition to the streaming audio databases, UCB owns many sound recordings of music from Middle Eastern countries that can be checked out from the Music Library. Search for them in the library catalog on keywords:
For example: "music middle east" or "music [country name]"
Some examples to browse:
Music Armenia | Music Syria | Songs Arabic |
Music Egypt | Music Turkey | Sufi Music |
Music Iran | Jews music | Umm Kulthūm |
Contemporary World Music -- Middle East
Contemporary World Music delivers the sounds of all regions from every continent.
The database will contain important genres such as reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz, and other genres such as traditional music - Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel, gagaku, and more.