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Asher Shimon Mizrahi
Asher Shimon Mizrahi was born in the old city of Jerusalem in 1890 to father Yitzhak…
Salah El Kuweiti
Iraqi composer and violinist, Salah El Kuweiti was born to Iraqi parents in Kuwait…
Brakha Tzefira
Brakha Tzefira was born in Jerusalem in 1910. Her father emmigrated from Yemen in 1887,…
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
If you have ever searched for Hatikvah online, you were surely exposed to a barrage of…
Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited
In 1979 Esther Warkov, a young American PhD student in ethnomusicology, came…
Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited
In 1979 Esther Warkov, a young American PhD student in ethnomusicology, came to Israel…
Salim Shibith (Salim Ha-Cohen)
Salim Shibith (also known as Salim Ha-Cohen) was a qari al-maqam (“maqam reader”) and…
Sarah Harat
Sarah Harat was born in Sana'a in 1922 to Abraham Khobara and Yonah (Khamama) from the…