Hamid al-Saadi (born 1958) is the foremost singer of
Iraqi ''Maqam'' – a form of Arab poetry, sung in a traditional way. He has mastered all 56 pieces in the repertoire of
Baghdad
Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...
and now performs them in America, having moved to
New York
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* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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Film and television
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in 2018.
References
1958 births
20th-century Iraqi male singers
Living people
21st-century Iraqi male singers
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