Music of the Middle East: Listen

Naxos Music Library

The best place to start is the Naxos Music Library.  

You can search by:

• name of country [or variation, such as Arabia or Arabian (for Saudi Arabia), Turkish (for Turkey)]
• performer
• musical instrument, e.g. oud
• "middle east"
• Islam or Islamic

Google Video Search 

Google Video can be a valuable source for videos of traditional music.

To search, try [countryname] music
If you get lots of pop music, try adding traditional.

For example:

• Qatar music
• Egyptian music traditional

Garland Encyclopedia of World Music

To listen to audio content, use the links on the left.

To read text, click on the image of the volume you'd like to view, e.g. Middle East