Ahmad Tilawi

Arab Dabke

• Dabke Arab
• Nizlen w Ma Ma'hen Hada (They Went Out Alone)
• Attaba
• Dalona
• Attaba

• Walah Wla Wallah
• Swihli
• Muhammad Ya Muhammad
• Furagiat
• Al Mijana

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A live tape recorded at a 1990s wedding party performed by Ahmad Tilawi, where he goes through a collection of Syrian shaabi classics, and shaabi versions of famous songs like Ya Sababin Al Shay, with a deep, raspy voice that one can't get enough of. Ahmad Tilawi is considered a cornerstone in the recorded archive of the Syrian shaabi music scene. Prominent in the 1980s and 1990s, he was a key figure in performing ataba, shaabi, mawal, and dabke at private parties and weddings, to the extent that it's almost impossible to review a few cassettes in our archive without encountering his name. Sharing the stage with Tilawi was often seen as a rite of passage for emerging shaabi singers, both male and female, including Fariha Al-Abdullah, Ibrahim Al-Saad, and Hussein Al-Abdullah, especially in the field of ataba, which Tilawi’s name became synonymous with. Tilawi spent most of his life in his hometown of Saraqib, located in the countryside of Idlib, until heartbroken, armed conflicts forced him to do so.