In Arabic Music, the mawwāl is a traditional and popular Arabic genre of vocal music that is very slow in beat and sentimental in nature, and is characterised by prolonging vowel syllables, emotional
Wael Kfoury
…songwriter, actor Years active 1992–present Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) Spouse Angela Bechara (m. 2010) Children 2 Musical career Genres Arabic pop Mawwal Folk Labels Rotana Music Group Music Box International EMI Music Arabia Michel Émile Kfoury (Arabic: ميشال إميل كفوري; born 14 September 1974), known…
The archetype of the instrument carried horizontally and struck with two sticks, found in iconographical documents in ancient Babylon (1600-911 BCE) and Neo-Assyria (911-612 BCE).