Beduin Music of Southern Sinai (1978) CD

When this recording was made, the Bedouin of Southern Sinai were striving to maintain their semi-nomadic ways of life in a changing world. This selection provides a valuable record of and insight into their repertory of archaic poetry, songs and dances, as well as more popular tunes.

     101      Hudjaini - Caravan Song      Tarabin Tribe      1:47     
     102     Water Drawing Song     Mzina tribe     2:10    
     103     Ḥafla: Bedouin Evening: Coffee Grinding, Daḥḥīya Dance, Poem's Declamation     Different tribes recorded in Dir Nasib and Wadi Firan     5:58    
     104     Flute Solo     Wadi Firan man     1:48    
     105     Makrūna     Tarabin tribe     2:11    
     106     Three Simsimiyya Tunes     Al-Tur lutist, drummer     4:30    
     107     A Fisherman's Song     Abu Rodeis     2:13    
     201     A Yamania Song     Al-Tur lutist, singers     5:02    
     202     A Yamania Song     Al-Tur lutist, singers     3:11    
     203     Ya khazaráne - Love Song     Al-Tur lutist, singers     2:20    
     204     Alá dal 'úna     Fisherman from the Syro-Lebanese region     2:14    
     205     A Love Song     Al-Tur lutist, singers     2:30    
     206     The Rich and the Poor     Al-Tur lutist, singers     3:32    
     207     Yamania: Complaint - Epic Song     Al-Tur lutist, singers     2:46    
     208     A Fisherman's Dance     Al-Tur singers     4:48