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Hassan Al Asmar (Arabic: حسن الأسمر) is an Egyptian chaabi (a.k.a. shaabi) singer and actor. He is widely known by his mawales and dramatic songs about the lives of simple Egyptian and Arabic citizens and such as the famous song Kitab Hayarti. Hassan Al Asmar has released many albums among them is cited ' Mawal Omri ',' Hila hila ',' Tajer al sabr ',' Asmariat ',' Ala fein ya hawa ',' Etkhadana ',' Kitaba hayati ',' Edalla 'helo Ya', 'Baaba there Baaba', 'Ah ya albak'. Hassan Al Asmar has played in several films such as 'Layla sakhina '(A hot night)...

Hassan Kassayi (also spelled Hassan Kassai) is a master of the Persian nay (or ney), a reed flute. He is frequently referred to as the best nay player in history. Kassayi was born on September 26, 1928 in Isfahan, Iran. His father appreciated music and his home was a popular rendezvous for musicians, among them vocalist Seyed Hosein Taherzadeh, tar player Akbar Khan Noroozi, Gholamhosein Saranj (kamancheh), Jallil and Hosein Shahnaz (tar), vocalist Esmayil Addib Khansari, vocalist Jaflal Taj Isfahani, and nay player Maestro Aboihassan Sabba. Growing up in such a home, Kassai developed a keen sense of musical and...

Mariem Hassan (Arabic: مريم حسن‎‎; 31 May 1958 – 22 August 2015) was a Sahrawi singer and lyricist from Western Sahara. She usually sang in Hassaniyya, an Arabic dialect spoken mostly in Western Sahara and Mauritania, and occasionally in Spanish. Her use of the Spanish language was related to the former status of Western Sahara as a Spanish colony. Mariem Hassan was born 31 May 1958 in the Ued Tazua, 20 km. away from Smara, Spanish Sahara. She was the third of ten siblings in a nomadic family. Music and poetry was important in the family and various relatives were...

Hassan Hakmoun (Arabic: حسن حكمون‎) (b. 1963 in Marrakech) started performing on the streets of Marrakech, Morocco, as a child. Subsequently he performed for Gnawa Ceremonies, which are known for spiritual healing and trance. He soon became the "Lead Musician" of his group, learning all the music and instruments by heart, including the Santir, a three string, long necked lute. Hassan made his Western debut in 1987 at Lincoln Center, New York. Since then, Hassan and his music has been selected by Rolling Stone as one of the "Hot Picks of `94". He topped the charts with his albums "The...