Posted on YouTube: July 9, 2021
The video above is not mine. I wish it were.
It is an absolutely amazing video. Lots of great facts and figures.
Subscribe to the lady’s video channel. She did a great job.
For those who prefer a spreadsheet breakdown (WHICH I DID CREATE MYSELF) then (Click Here).
Posted on YouTube: December 5, 2019
Arab culture in Latin America has produced a wealth of music. The most well-known musician was Mario Kirlis, an Argentine composer, band leader whose fame has spread world-wide. Oddly, though an admirer of Arab music, Mario Kirlis was not himself of Arab ancestry, but rather the son of Greek immigrants to Argentina.
He is probably most famous for what is called bellydance music. Yet, a lot of his tunes are much more than that.
I want you to listen to the tune Awal Suhur (morning meal before the daytime fast of Ramadan), on the top video.
Just close your eyes. This music is truly beautiful, above and apart from the women who might dance to it.
Source: Stars of Bellydance
TRANSLATED BY GOOGLEMario Kirlis was the [chief] exponent of Arabic music in Latin America. His music is heard in Chile, Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, the United States, Mexico, countries that he had already visited and had had an excellent reception from the public.
Born and raised in Buenos Aires, he is the son of Nicolás Kirlis, a Greek violinist who was one of the first exponents of Arabic music in Argentina. At the age of 7 he began to study piano, harmony, counterpoint and composition.
He carried out in-depth research on Arabic music, with musicians who emigrated from the Middle East and arrived in Argentina.
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He was famous and had performed all over Latin America and the Arab world. He had even performed in China.
Mario Kirlis: Lat Jaf
Posted on YouTube: December 5, 2019
Of course, there is a lot more Latin Arab music in South America than just Mario Kirlis, but as he was world famous, and a maestro, I figured that I should give you the best.
February 14, 2024 – Corrected an ambiguity. Kirlis passed away in 2023.
Posted on YouTube: September 14, 2019
AJ+ (a subsidiary of Al Jazeera) put out a three minute video about the Arabs in Latin America. It is untranslated, but you can make most of it out.
If we Americans ignore the Arabs of Latin America, the Arabs in the Middle East do not.
The video estimates 20 million Arabs in Latin America. I would place it a bit higher, if one considers that many Lebanese Maronites consider themselves Phoenician, and will not list themselves as Arabic on a census.
I would estimate 25 million.
Posted on YouTube: July 12, 2020
And incredibly excellent history of what happened to Arab Christians. At 7:24, the video explain that many of them went to Latin America.