Arabic pop
4 shows · 70 h/week · Arabica
Shows
سمرمورةArabica · with Hamad
عَيْ عَيْArabica · with Dado
كزدورةArabica
حُزنArabica · with SukiSongs
- Amr Diab — Nour El Ein
- Amr Diab — Amarain
- Amr Diab — Tamally Maak
- Hamid Al Shaeri, Hisham Abbas — Einy
- Ehab Tawfik — Allah Aleik Ya Sidi
- Ragheb Alama — Albi Eshi'ha
- Najwa Karam — Maghroumah
- Fadel Chaker — Ya Ghayeb
- Wael Kfoury — Al Gharam El Moustahil
- Elissa — Ayami Beek
- Sherine — Ah Ya Leil
- Sherine, Tamer Hosny — Law Kont Nesit
- Tamer Hosny — Enaya Bethebbak
- Hussain Aljassmi — Bel Bont El3areedh
Artists
Amr DiabFadel ChakerTamer HosnyNajwa KaramWael KfouryMelhem ZeinZiad BourjiFares KaramEhab TawfikRagheb AlamaWael JassarAL SHAMIHussain AljassmiHamza NamiraWadih El CheikhAhmed SaadHany ShakerMohamed HamakiSaad Lamjarred
More genres
Tarab & Arabic classicsKhaleejiRaï & MaghrebMahraganatDabkeArabic rap & alternative
About Arabic pop
Arabic pop radio, live from Paris: Amr Diab, Fadel Chaker, Najwa Karam, Wael Kfoury and Tamer Hosny, the songs everyone knows the words to. On Wa3's Arabica channel it fills عَيْ عَيْ in the late morning and كزدورة in the afternoon, then سمرمورة and حُزن, the sad songs, at night — free in any browser.
Arabic pop took its modern shape in Cairo: in the eighties the Libyan-born Hamid El Shaeri's jeel sound set Arabic melodies over synths and drum machines, and in 1996 Amr Diab's Nour El Ein carried it across the Arab world. Lebanon answered with Ragheb Alama, Najwa Karam, Wael Kfoury and Fadel Chaker, and the crates run on through Sherine, Tamer Hosny and Hussain Al Jassmi to Saint Levant.
On Wa3's Arabica channel, عَيْ عَيْ runs from late morning into lunchtime with Tamer Hosny, AL SHAMI and Hamza Namira; كزدورة, Levantine for a drive, takes the afternoon with Amr Diab, Fadel Chaker and Najwa Karam; سمرمورة, home of Nour El Ein, opens early-week mornings and closes late nights at the end of the week; and حُزن keeps the small hours for the heartbreak songs of Hany Shaker and Hussain Aljassmi.
Questions
- Where can I listen to Arabic pop radio online for free?
- On Wa3's Arabica channel, for much of the day: عَيْ عَيْ in the late morning, كزدورة in the afternoon, سمرمورة and حُزن at night (Paris time). Free, no account, in any browser.
- What is Arabic pop?
- The mainstream song of Cairo and Beirut, and now of the Gulf and the Maghreb too, sung in dialect over Western pop production. Its modern form goes back to Hamid El Shaeri's jeel sound of the eighties and to Amr Diab, whose Nour El Ein (1996) was a hit far beyond Egypt.
- Is there an Amr Diab radio?
- Amr Diab is all over Wa3's Arabic pop shows, كزدورة above all — Nour El Ein, Amarain, Tamally Maak and many more, from the nineties to now. Free on the Arabica channel, in any browser.
- Which Wa3 shows play Arabic pop?
- سمرمورة, عَيْ عَيْ, كزدورة, حُزن — see each show's page for its days and times (Paris).
- How do I listen to Arabic pop?
- Press “Listen” on this page: it opens wa3.live on the Arabica channel, in any browser on phone or computer — free, no account. Wa3 also streams as plain MP3 for radio apps.