"Arabic Playlist" by Claire Morris
Above: Drawing and listening to music with my host family (who helped out a lot with recommendations for my playlist!) Photo credit: Morris, 2026.
My current go-to playlist for Arabic music:
Songs in MSA:
Kun Anta - Humood Alkhudher
Ramadan - Maher Zain
Songs in Jordanian/Palestinian Dialect:
Oh Uncle, She Left - Autostrad
I Sing You - El Morabba
Salma - Jadal
With Him And Through Him We Shall Move - Haidar Mahmoud
Hata Al Ourdoun - Hussein Al Salman
Pour The Coffee - Samira Tawfeeq
Braid Your Hair - Abdo Mousa
The Country Girl - Tawfeeq Alnimri
Mafi Mennik - Aziz Maraka
Wainek Min Zaman - Yazan Haifawi
Hadel Ahbek - Issam Alnajjar
حياتي - Issam Alnajjar
قدام الكل - Siilawy
يا بيرقنا العالي - اللوزيين
Songs in Lebanese Dialect:
Amman In Our Hearts - Fairouz
Ya Ana Ya Ana - Fairouz
Bektoub Ismak Ya Habibi- Fairouz
Elhob W Bass - Fadel Chaker
Songs in Egyptian Dialect:
Ya Albo - Nancy Ajram
Ya Ana Ya La - Amr Diab
كلام عينيه - Sherine
الوتر الحساس - Sherine
البخت - Wegz
Songs In Moroccan/Algerian Dialect:
Lamaallem - Saad Lamjarred
Magic - Kouz1
Love - Kouz1
Nebghi Djini Bsurvet - Aymane Serhani
Ma Nedikch a L’vacancia - Aymane Serhani
Hasta Luego - Tiiwtiiw, Zouhair Bahaoui, Chk
Habibi (Albanian Remix) -Ricky Rich, Dardan, DJ Gimi-O
C'est La Vie - Cheb Khaled
Aicha - Cheb Khaled
Find the playlist on Amideast EdAbroad’s Spotify!
Claire is a student at the University of Richmond, and studying abroad in Spring 2026 on Amideast’s Area and Arabic Language Study Program in Amman, Jordan.
