Nancy Ajram - What are You?نانسي عجرم - انت ايه؟Enta Eih?

"Enta eih" means "what are you," but really means like "what are you that you would behave like this" or somet...

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Cheb Khaled - Aishaشاب خالد - عائشةAicha

This song was written by the legendary French songwriter Jean-Jacques Goldman. Khaled - Aicha As if I don't exist She was passing by me ...

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Abdel Halim Hafez - Why are You Blaming Me?عبد الحليم حافظ - بتلوموني ليه؟

This is one of those songs that is ostensibly about a girl but the object of desire is grammatically masculine. I couldn't translate it ...

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Above the Palm Trees/I've Got a Friend Up Thereفوك النخل\فوق إلنا خلFoug El Nakhel/Foug Ilna Khill

We've translated many an Arabic folk song here on the blog performed by various artists, but the discussion on this song is so massive a...

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Amr Diab - The Perfect Solution

Updated Amr Diab. This is one of his earlier songs, that features a delicious keyboard solo. Amr Diab - The Perfect Solution The perfect so...

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Souad Massi - Storytellerسعاد ماسي - راويRaoui

Updated media and translation Souad Massi - Storyteller Oh storyteller tell us a story Make it a tale Tell me about the people of old Tell ...

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