Notable Palestinians — Music

Notable Palestinians — Music

• Simon Shaheen (1955–present) — Simon Shaheen, born in 1955 in the Galilean village of Tarshiha, is among the most accomplished oud…
• Le Trio Joubran (Samir Joubran) (1973–present) — Le Trio Joubran is a Palestinian oud ensemble formed by three brothers from Nazareth, Samir, Wissam,…
• Rim Banna (1966–2018) — Rim Banna, born in Nazareth on 8 December 1966 into a Palestinian Greek Orthodox family, was one of…
• Tamer Nafar (DAM) (1979–present) — Tamer Nafar, born on 6 June 1979 in the mixed city of Lod (Lydda), is a Palestinian rapper, actor, s…
• Kamilya Jubran (1962–present) — Kamilya Jubran, born in 1962 in the Galilee village of Rameh to a Palestinian family, is one of the…
• Mohammed Assaf (1989–present) — Mohammed Assaf, born on 1 September 1989 to Palestinian parents in Libya and raised in the Khan Yuni…
• Reem Kelani (1963–present) — Reem Kelani, born in Manchester in 1963 to Palestinian parents from Yabad near Jenin and from Nazare…
• Habib Hassan Touma (1934–1998) — Habib Hassan Touma, born in Nazareth in 1934, was a Palestinian composer and ethnomusicologist who b…
• DJ Khaled (1975–present) — DJ Khaled, born Khaled Mohammed Khaled on November 26, 1975, in New Orleans, Louisiana, is an Americ…
• Elyanna (2002–present) — Elyanna, born Elian Amer Marjieh on 22 January 2002 in Nazareth, is a Palestinian-Chilean singer and…
• Wasif Jawhariyyeh (1897–1972) — Wasif Jawhariyyeh, born in Jerusalem in 1897, was a Palestinian oud player, composer, poet, and the…
• Dalal Abu Amneh (1983–present) — Dalal Abu Amneh, born in 1983 in Nazareth, is a Palestinian singer, producer, and neuroscientist who…
• Yousef Khasho (1927–1996) — Yousef Khasho, born in Jerusalem in 1927, was the most ambitious symphonic composer of the Palestini…
• Mustafa al-Kurd (1945–2024) — Mustafa al-Kurd, born in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem in 1945, was one of the foremost voices…
• Ramzi Aburedwan (1979–present) — Ramzi Aburedwan, who grew up in the al-Amari refugee camp near Ramallah, is a Palestinian violist, o…
• Said Murad (1958–present) — Said Murad, an oud player, composer, and arranger from Jerusalem, is the founder and driving creativ…
• Amal Murkus (1968–present) — Amal Murkus, born in the Galilee village of Kafr Yasif in 1968, is among the most prominent Palestin…
• Augustin Lama (1902–1988) — Augustin Lama, born in Ramla in 1902 during the late Ottoman period, is widely regarded as the grand…
• Salvador Arnita (1914–1984) — Salvador Arnita, born in Jerusalem on 4 March 1914, was a pioneer of the classical-music renaissance…
• Faraj Suleiman (1984–present) — Faraj Suleiman, born in the Galilee village of Rameh in 1984, is a Palestinian pianist and composer…
• Yusra Jawhariyyeh Arnita (1924–2000) — Yusra Jawhariyyeh Arnita, born in Jerusalem and the eldest daughter of the celebrated oud player and…
• Issa Boulos (1968–present) — Issa Boulos, born in Jerusalem in 1968 and raised in a musical family in Ramallah, is a Palestinian-…
• Dima Bawab (1981–present) — Dima Bawab is a Palestinian-Jordanian operatic soprano and recording artist born on 2 September 1981…
• Jiryis (Girgis) Jawhariyyeh (1864–1914) — Jiryis (Girgis) Jawhariyyeh was a Jerusalemite Greek Orthodox notable, amateur oud player, and civic…