Amīna al-‘Irāqiyya

أمينة العراقيّة

Roles
Singer

Biography

Amina al-Iraqiyya was an almeh singer whose male-takht accompaniment is documented by AMAR. CREM-CNRS catalogues Hatu li habibi, Tahnin al-awlad and wedding songs under her name in Age of Almehs.

As printed on the labels Sit Amina-el-Arakiahالست امينه العراقيه

Recordings

Thirty seconds of each recording. The whole recording plays on AMAR Radio and in the Listening room.

  1. FelEeshq Addait Hayati

    في العشق أدّيت حياتي

    • Zonophone Gramophone
    • 1907
    • 7:20
    7:20

    30-second extract In the Listening room

  2. Zār

    زار

    • Baidaphone
    • 1912
    • 7:05
    7:05

    30-second extract Discussed in episode 044 In the Listening room

  3. على بلدي وبلد أمّي

    In L’Orient sonore

Heard on the AMAR podcast

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