Yemenite Music
Yemen is a country on the Arabian Peninsula, and the music of Yemen is primarily known abroad for a series of pan-Arab popular stars and the Yemenite Jews who became musical stars in Israel during the 20th century. In the Arab world, Yemen has long been a cultural capital.
Yemen's national anthem is "United Republic" written by Abdallah "al-Fadhool" Abdulwahab Noman. This is a great piece of music.
UNESCO proclaimed the tradition of poetic songs of Sana'a, called al-Ghina al-San'ani, a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity on November 7, 2003.
Read more about Yemenite Music: Folk Music, Yemeni Musicians
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“Hell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)