5. Bim hasinak wu bahak (Your charm and brightness is collected in you)

Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited
Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited
Bim hasinak wu bahak

Da‘ud al-Kuwaiti (ud and singer) with Zakkiyah George (singer)


Composed by Da‘ud al-Kuwaiti (ud and singer) with female singer Zakkiyah George (Christian). Considered very typical of the al-Kuwaiti style in the 1930s, from a period of great popularity, according to Menache Sumech, a collector who provided several examples including this one. Tape 17 B #5, recorded in Iraq ca. 1936-38.

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