Farida Mohammad Ali (

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, فريدة محمد علي) (born 1963 in

Kerbala Karbala is a major city in central Iraq. It is the capital of Karbala Governorate. With an estimated population of 691,100 people in 2024, Karbala is the second largest city in central Iraq, after Baghdad. The city is located about southwest ...

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) is an

i singer. She performs regularly in the Iraqi Maqam Ensemble. The ensemble was established in 1989 in Baghdad by Mohammad H.Gomar to continue of the 1973 ensemble organized by the prominent lute professor

Munir Bashir Munir Bashir (; ; 1930 – September 28, 1997) was an Iraqi-Assyrian oudist. Bashir is considered one of the foremost virtuosos of the Arabic oud, and is widely renowned as one of the most important figures in 20th century Middle Eastern music. ...

She had taught Arabic maqam, maqam singing at the

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. She left

in 1997. She is married to Mohammad Gomar the ''Djozza'' instrument player and lives in the

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She was the recipient of the Medal Algeria Capital of Arab Culture in 2007. She performed in International Mystic Music Sufi Festival in

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in 2007.

Discography

*Farida and the Iraqi Maqam Ensemble, ''Classical Music of Iraq'' (Music and Words, 1998) *Farida and the Iraqi Maqam Ensemble, ''Iraqi Mawal & maqam'' (produced by Samarkand company in the Netherlands 2000) *Farida and the Iraqi Maqam Ensemble, ''Departure'' (Produced by the Dutch company Soly Luna 2001) *Farida and the Iraqi Maqam Ensemble, ''Tradition'' (Produced by Munir Bashir Foundation 2002) *Farida and the Iraqi Maqam Ensemble, ''Voice of Mesopotamia'' (Produced By Long Distance France, 2003) *Farida and the Iraqi Maqam Ensemble, ''Baghdad Eternity (Poems & Maqamat)'' (Produced by Iraqi Maqam Foundation 2004) *Farida and the Iraqi Maqam Ensemble, ''Ishraqaat'' (Produced by

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2005)

External links

Site on Farida and the Iraqi Maqam EnsembleRecord labelArtistic portrait on BBC site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ali, Farida Mohammad 1963 births Living people Iraqi Shia Muslims 20th-century Iraqi women singers People from Karbala 21st-century Iraqi women singers

Discography

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