Habib Ali

Wadda'na Al Hawa (Love Said Goodbye)

• Wadda'na Al Hawa (Love Said Goodbye), Lyrics by Haidar Al Saedi, Music by Waleed Al Shami
• Moathabeen (Tortured), Lyrics by Akel Al Rabe'ee, Music by Kais Hashem
• Ma Ansad (I Don't Get Hunted), Lyrics by Akel Al Rabe'ee, Music by Nashwan Talal
• Ma Thall Waqt (No Time Left), Lyrics by Hamed Al Gherbawi, Music by Ali Saber
• Tijeek Al Ayyam (Days Will Come), Lyrics by Haidar Al Sa'edi, Music by Hassan Faleh

• Dikko Al Khashab (Touch Wood), Lyrics by Haidar Al Sa'edi, Music by Waleed Al Shami
• Aheb Za'alak Alay (I Like to Make You Feel Sorry for Me), Lyrics by Hamed Al Gherbawi, Music by Ali Saber
• Twassalt Bi Oyouni (I Begged With My Eyes), Lyrics and Music by Ali Saber

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Here we listen to a studio album by Iraqi singer Habib Ali, featuring 90s Iraqi pop songs with a serious, dignified sound. Apart from timid keyboard appearances, the album marks an early sign of Gulf pop's future direction - becoming one of the Arab pop schools most committed to Eastern musical character and least influenced by the musical globalization that swept the Arab world in the early twenty-first century. In the 1990s, Habib Ali released the song Hatha, Ya Hob (This is, Oh Love), penned by famous Iraqi composer Ali Saber. It rapidly became a hit, remembered by the nineties generation in Iraq and neighboring countries, particularly in the Euphrates region of eastern Syria, which borders Iraq and shares very similar dialects and musical heritage. Habib Ali's career is still active today, living between Baghdad and the UAE, where he performs new works at live concerts to his fans in the Gulf.