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== Artists ==
== Artists ==
Muhammad al-Qubbanchi is a major historical vocal reference, while Yusuf Omar and Nazem al-Ghazali open different relationships to maqam and popular song. Farida Mohammed Ali provides a valuable route into contemporary interpretation and transnational presentation. Instrumentalists, including santur and jawza specialists, deserve attention alongside singers because their knowledge makes the ensemble function. Compare complete performances where possible, since an extracted song may conceal the larger development. A famous artist's wider catalogue should not automatically be classified as one homogeneous maqam repertory. <ref name="gf-aw-iraqi-maqam" />
Muhammad al-Qubbanchi is a major historical vocal reference, while Yusuf Omar and Nazem al-Ghazali open different relationships to maqam and popular song. Farida Mohammed Ali provides a valuable route into contemporary interpretation and transnational presentation. Instrumentalists, including santur and jawza specialists, deserve attention alongside singers because their knowledge makes the ensemble function. Compare complete performances where possible, since an extracted song may conceal the larger development. A famous artist's wider catalogue should not automatically be classified as one homogeneous maqam repertory. <ref name="gf-aw-iraqi-maqam" />
== Representative performances ==
These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.
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| classical || regional || Comprehensive catalogue; recent discovery is prioritized and worthwhile older music remains playable. Preserve specific recording contexts and dates.
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! Artist !! Performance / song / title !! Embedded player URL !! Notes !! Repertoire kind !! Repertoire date !! Recording date !! Format !! Opening !! Places !! Fit !! Evidence !! Review note !! MuGlobe favorite !! Current hit !! Authentic
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| Hamid Al-Saadi and accompanists || Maqam Chahargah — live at Maqām Studio || https://www.youtube.com/embed/qoDoM1yQa2M || The presenting studio's direct performance of an Iraqi maqam, recorded on April 13, 2025. An extended vocal rendition to hear before the separate explanation-and-demonstration video.<ref name="performance-iraqi-maqam-1">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoDoM1yQa2M Hamid Al-Saadi and accompanists — Maqam Chahargah — live at Maqām Studio]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || pending || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoDoM1yQa2M Existing recording] || Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. || <muglobe-flag video="qoDoM1yQa2M" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="qoDoM1yQa2M" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="qoDoM1yQa2M" field="authentic" />
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| Hamid Al-Saadi with Amir ElSaffar || The Iraqi Maqam — explanation and demonstration || https://www.youtube.com/embed/h_C-_szflE0 || Al-Saadi explains the form and demonstrates Maqam Urfa and the pasta Rabbeitak Sghayroun Hasan with ElSaffar on santur. This is an instructional performance with spoken explanation, complementary to the concert selection.<ref name="performance-iraqi-maqam-2">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_C-_szflE0 Hamid Al-Saadi with Amir ElSaffar — The Iraqi Maqam — explanation and demonstration]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || pending || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_C-_szflE0 Existing recording] || Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. || <muglobe-flag video="h_C-_szflE0" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="h_C-_szflE0" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="h_C-_szflE0" field="authentic" />
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| فريدة || فريدة - مني شبدة وتاذيني - حفل قطر || https://www.youtube.com/embed/CwBlETn4waE || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Iraqi Maqam Foundation - مؤسسة المقام العراقي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-10-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwBlETn4waE فريدة - مني شبدة وتاذيني - حفل قطر].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwBlETn4waE Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Iraqi Maqam Foundation - مؤسسة المقام العراقي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="CwBlETn4waE" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="CwBlETn4waE" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="CwBlETn4waE" field="authentic" />
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| فريدة || فريدة - مااصبر بعد - حفل قطر || https://www.youtube.com/embed/W40cm2RQZJQ || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Iraqi Maqam Foundation - مؤسسة المقام العراقي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-10-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W40cm2RQZJQ فريدة - مااصبر بعد - حفل قطر].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W40cm2RQZJQ Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Iraqi Maqam Foundation - مؤسسة المقام العراقي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="W40cm2RQZJQ" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="W40cm2RQZJQ" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="W40cm2RQZJQ" field="authentic" />
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| حسين الاعظمي || حسين الاعظمي - مقام النهوند || https://www.youtube.com/embed/zlQNI-meiXg || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Iraqi Maqam Foundation - مؤسسة المقام العراقي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-05-31; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlQNI-meiXg حسين الاعظمي - مقام النهوند].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlQNI-meiXg Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Iraqi Maqam Foundation - مؤسسة المقام العراقي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="zlQNI-meiXg" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="zlQNI-meiXg" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="zlQNI-meiXg" field="authentic" />
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| حامد السعدي || مقام مثنوي قاريء وخبير المقام العراقي حامد السعدي نيويورك 12/2025 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/TVv2nJDrmj0 || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Hamid Al Saadi حامد السعدي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-05-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVv2nJDrmj0 مقام مثنوي قاريء وخبير المقام العراقي حامد السعدي نيويورك 12/2025].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVv2nJDrmj0 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Hamid Al Saadi حامد السعدي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="TVv2nJDrmj0" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="TVv2nJDrmj0" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="TVv2nJDrmj0" field="authentic" />
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| حامد السعدي || 3- حفلة لندن قاريء وخبير المقام العراقي حامد السعدي 1999 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZSC3KuGmz74 || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Hamid Al Saadi حامد السعدي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-05-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSC3KuGmz74 3- حفلة لندن قاريء وخبير المقام العراقي حامد السعدي 1999].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSC3KuGmz74 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Hamid Al Saadi حامد السعدي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="ZSC3KuGmz74" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="ZSC3KuGmz74" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="ZSC3KuGmz74" field="authentic" />
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| يوسف عمر || 15- مقام كرد الأستاذ يوسف عمر || https://www.youtube.com/embed/43yFdGwR6ps || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Hamid Al Saadi حامد السعدي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-05-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43yFdGwR6ps 15- مقام كرد الأستاذ يوسف عمر].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43yFdGwR6ps Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Hamid Al Saadi حامد السعدي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="43yFdGwR6ps" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="43yFdGwR6ps" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="43yFdGwR6ps" field="authentic" />
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| محمد الگبنچي || 14- مقام بنجگاه الأستاذ محمد الگبنچي. || https://www.youtube.com/embed/OEVPjsF6XRs || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Hamid Al Saadi حامد السعدي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-05-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEVPjsF6XRs 14- مقام بنجگاه الأستاذ محمد الگبنچي.].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEVPjsF6XRs Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Hamid Al Saadi حامد السعدي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="OEVPjsF6XRs" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="OEVPjsF6XRs" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="OEVPjsF6XRs" field="authentic" />
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| عارف الناصر || مقام دشت عارف الناصر +يا عزيز الروح+ميحانه ميحانه+عمي يا بياع الورد  || https://www.youtube.com/embed/KZcGxXCKZPI || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: عارف الناصر _Aref_alnaser. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-04-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZcGxXCKZPI مقام دشت عارف الناصر +يا عزيز الروح+ميحانه ميحانه+عمي يا بياع الورد ].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZcGxXCKZPI Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: عارف الناصر _Aref_alnaser. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="KZcGxXCKZPI" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="KZcGxXCKZPI" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="KZcGxXCKZPI" field="authentic" />
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| حامد السعدي || مقام دشت قاريء وخبير المقام العراقي حامد السعدي...نيويورك 12/2025 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/fOHX_LydlZY || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Hamid Al Saadi حامد السعدي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-01-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOHX_LydlZY مقام دشت قاريء وخبير المقام العراقي حامد السعدي...نيويورك 12/2025].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOHX_LydlZY Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Hamid Al Saadi حامد السعدي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="fOHX_LydlZY" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="fOHX_LydlZY" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="fOHX_LydlZY" field="authentic" />
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| Iraqi Radio maqam singer (uncredited archival performer) || 2- مقام حديدي وأغنية ياحلو ياابو السدارة..دار الإذاعة العراقية  1953 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/wosJKYPIySs || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Hamid Al Saadi حامد السعدي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1953. Source dates Iraqi Radio archive to1953. Hamid Al-Saadi is the modern publisher/commentator, not assumed to be the historical singer. Video publication: 2026-01-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wosJKYPIySs 2- مقام حديدي وأغنية ياحلو ياابو السدارة..دار الإذاعة العراقية  1953].</ref> || classical || unknown || 1953 || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wosJKYPIySs Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Hamid Al Saadi حامد السعدي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1953. Source dates Iraqi Radio archive to1953. Hamid Al-Saadi is the modern publisher/commentator, not assumed to be the historical singer. || <muglobe-flag video="wosJKYPIySs" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="wosJKYPIySs" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="wosJKYPIySs" field="authentic" />
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| يوسف عمر || يوسف عمر  مقام حديدي مع بستة يا الولد يابني || https://www.youtube.com/embed/yNrTrc3AH9Y || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: زكريا الأنصاري التراثي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2023-02-22; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNrTrc3AH9Y يوسف عمر  مقام حديدي مع بستة يا الولد يابني].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNrTrc3AH9Y Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: زكريا الأنصاري التراثي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="yNrTrc3AH9Y" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="yNrTrc3AH9Y" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="yNrTrc3AH9Y" field="authentic" />
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| ناظم الغزالي || المطرب ناظم الغزالي ومقام اوشار (لعلك تصغي ) واغنية (خايف عليها)واهديها للجميع صباح الورد || https://www.youtube.com/embed/pHTiS4dBpIM || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: مطرب المقام العراقي ناظم الغزالي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2021-09-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHTiS4dBpIM المطرب ناظم الغزالي ومقام اوشار (لعلك تصغي ) واغنية (خايف عليها)واهديها للجميع صباح الورد].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHTiS4dBpIM Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: مطرب المقام العراقي ناظم الغزالي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="pHTiS4dBpIM" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="pHTiS4dBpIM" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="pHTiS4dBpIM" field="authentic" />
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| حسين الاعظمي || مقام دشت بصوت عمالقة المقام العراقي "حسين الأعظمي و محمد كمر" || https://www.youtube.com/embed/cAsCK7qqNCQ || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: قناة دجلة الفضائية. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2021-01-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAsCK7qqNCQ مقام دشت بصوت عمالقة المقام العراقي "حسين الأعظمي و محمد كمر"].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAsCK7qqNCQ Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: قناة دجلة الفضائية. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="cAsCK7qqNCQ" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="cAsCK7qqNCQ" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="cAsCK7qqNCQ" field="authentic" />
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| فريدة || حفلة سيدة المقام العراقي فريدة مهرجان الاردن الدولي  بقياادة الفنان محمد حسين كمر2010 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/sg8pZ8aaBxY || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Mohammad Gomar. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2020-08-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg8pZ8aaBxY حفلة سيدة المقام العراقي فريدة مهرجان الاردن الدولي  بقياادة الفنان محمد حسين كمر2010].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg8pZ8aaBxY Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Mohammad Gomar. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="sg8pZ8aaBxY" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="sg8pZ8aaBxY" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="sg8pZ8aaBxY" field="authentic" />
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| فريدة || حفلة الجزائر/الفنانة فريدة / سيدة المقام العراقي || https://www.youtube.com/embed/SjTjK4_VuaI || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Mohammad Gomar. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2020-05-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjTjK4_VuaI حفلة الجزائر/الفنانة فريدة / سيدة المقام العراقي].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjTjK4_VuaI Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Mohammad Gomar. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="SjTjK4_VuaI" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="SjTjK4_VuaI" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="SjTjK4_VuaI" field="authentic" />
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| فريدة || سيدة المقام العراقي فريدة محمد علي و الفنان إسماعيل فاضل في حفل المقام العراقي/ تورونتو ٢٠١٩ || https://www.youtube.com/embed/H1T-ZwQE9Gk || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: The Iraqi Canadian Society. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2020-04-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1T-ZwQE9Gk سيدة المقام العراقي فريدة محمد علي و الفنان إسماعيل فاضل في حفل المقام العراقي/ تورونتو ٢٠١٩].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1T-ZwQE9Gk Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: The Iraqi Canadian Society. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="H1T-ZwQE9Gk" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="H1T-ZwQE9Gk" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="H1T-ZwQE9Gk" field="authentic" />
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| يوسف عمر || يوسف عمر . مقام الحسيني واغنية صاحي لو سكران || https://www.youtube.com/embed/4r-whDx00Zo || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Iraqi Maqam (‫المقام العراقي‬‎). Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2019-05-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r-whDx00Zo يوسف عمر . مقام الحسيني واغنية صاحي لو سكران].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r-whDx00Zo Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Iraqi Maqam (‫المقام العراقي‬‎). Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="4r-whDx00Zo" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="4r-whDx00Zo" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="4r-whDx00Zo" field="authentic" />
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| يوسف عمر || يوسف عمر في اداء يدمي القلب #مقام مدمي-بستة ون ياكلب #المقام_العراقي || https://www.youtube.com/embed/A-ZaLwle43U || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: في رحاب المقام العراقي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2019-03-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-ZaLwle43U يوسف عمر في اداء يدمي القلب #مقام مدمي-بستة ون ياكلب #المقام_العراقي].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-ZaLwle43U Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: في رحاب المقام العراقي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="A-ZaLwle43U" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="A-ZaLwle43U" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="A-ZaLwle43U" field="authentic" />
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| ناظم الغزالي || مقام دشت -  ناظم الغزالي - يوسف زعرور - nazem algh || https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hr9A3JFTYmM || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: مكتبة تراث الفن العربي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2018-03-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr9A3JFTYmM مقام دشت -  ناظم الغزالي - يوسف زعرور - nazem algh].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr9A3JFTYmM Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: مكتبة تراث الفن العربي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="Hr9A3JFTYmM" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Hr9A3JFTYmM" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Hr9A3JFTYmM" field="authentic" />
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| يوسف عمر || يوسف عمر مقام الحجاز كار~ هاجن جنوني لولفي ودوني || https://www.youtube.com/embed/n3u9dA7gWh4 || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Iraqi Maqam (‫المقام العراقي‬‎). Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2018-02-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3u9dA7gWh4 يوسف عمر مقام الحجاز كار~ هاجن جنوني لولفي ودوني].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3u9dA7gWh4 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Iraqi Maqam (‫المقام العراقي‬‎). Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="n3u9dA7gWh4" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="n3u9dA7gWh4" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="n3u9dA7gWh4" field="authentic" />
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| حسين الاعظمي || حسين الاعظمي مقام الخنابات ~ جلجل عليه الرمان || https://www.youtube.com/embed/BqX_ZgPi4EI || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Iraqi Maqam (‫المقام العراقي‬‎). Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2018-01-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqX_ZgPi4EI حسين الاعظمي مقام الخنابات ~ جلجل عليه الرمان].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqX_ZgPi4EI Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Iraqi Maqam (‫المقام العراقي‬‎). Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="BqX_ZgPi4EI" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="BqX_ZgPi4EI" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="BqX_ZgPi4EI" field="authentic" />
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| حسين الاعظمي || حسين الاعظمي ، مقام الحسيني 2001 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/kfIfXhsmnKc || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: حسين الاعظمي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2016-07-26; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfIfXhsmnKc حسين الاعظمي ، مقام الحسيني 2001].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfIfXhsmnKc Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: حسين الاعظمي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="kfIfXhsmnKc" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="kfIfXhsmnKc" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="kfIfXhsmnKc" field="authentic" />
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| فريدة || حفلة سيدة المقام العراقي السيدة فريدة  في  حضرة  جلالة ملكة هولندا  بياتريكس  2004 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/MEGC8mp2cN0 || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Mohammad Gomar. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2015-06-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEGC8mp2cN0 حفلة سيدة المقام العراقي السيدة فريدة  في  حضرة  جلالة ملكة هولندا  بياتريكس  2004].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEGC8mp2cN0 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Mohammad Gomar. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="MEGC8mp2cN0" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="MEGC8mp2cN0" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="MEGC8mp2cN0" field="authentic" />
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| ناظم الغزالي || مقام حكيمي ناظم الغزالي || https://www.youtube.com/embed/4nVCv0wW6lg || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: خليل الدباغ. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2013-10-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nVCv0wW6lg مقام حكيمي ناظم الغزالي].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nVCv0wW6lg Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: خليل الدباغ. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="4nVCv0wW6lg" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="4nVCv0wW6lg" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="4nVCv0wW6lg" field="authentic" />
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| ناظم الغزالي || ناظم الغزالي - مقام حويزاوي  - وقائله لما اردت وداعها || https://www.youtube.com/embed/17OW414bzt0 || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: freethinker1960111. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2013-04-22; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17OW414bzt0 ناظم الغزالي - مقام حويزاوي  - وقائله لما اردت وداعها].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17OW414bzt0 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: freethinker1960111. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="17OW414bzt0" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="17OW414bzt0" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="17OW414bzt0" field="authentic" />
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| يوسف عمر || يوسف عمر  مقام وابوذيات + سايب يكلبي || https://www.youtube.com/embed/xGbJe71Nw7s || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: STM. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2012-12-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGbJe71Nw7s يوسف عمر  مقام وابوذيات + سايب يكلبي].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGbJe71Nw7s Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: STM. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="xGbJe71Nw7s" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="xGbJe71Nw7s" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="xGbJe71Nw7s" field="authentic" />
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| يوسف عمر || يوسف عمر مقام نهاوند  و الله ما شرقت شمس - يا زارع البزرنكوش || https://www.youtube.com/embed/sBgkRlGvX6I || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: ClassicSystems. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2012-02-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBgkRlGvX6I يوسف عمر مقام نهاوند  و الله ما شرقت شمس - يا زارع البزرنكوش].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBgkRlGvX6I Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: ClassicSystems. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="sBgkRlGvX6I" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="sBgkRlGvX6I" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="sBgkRlGvX6I" field="authentic" />
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| Farida Mohammad Ali, Latif Al Obaidi || Farida Mohammad Ali &amp; Latif Al Obaidi - Maqam (trad.) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/rCWTK7bfaMc || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: vrije geluiden. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2011-12-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCWTK7bfaMc Farida Mohammad Ali &amp; Latif Al Obaidi - Maqam (trad.)].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCWTK7bfaMc Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: vrije geluiden. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="rCWTK7bfaMc" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="rCWTK7bfaMc" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="rCWTK7bfaMc" field="authentic" />
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| يوسف عمر || Maqam Nawa - Yusuf Omar يوسف عمر ~ مقام النوى - شعر ابن معصوم المدني || https://www.youtube.com/embed/4yZ3sZCYADs || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Iraqi Maqam (‫المقام العراقي‬‎). Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2008-12-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yZ3sZCYADs Maqam Nawa - Yusuf Omar يوسف عمر ~ مقام النوى - شعر ابن معصوم المدني].</ref> || classical || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yZ3sZCYADs Recording/context source] || Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Iraqi Maqam (‫المقام العراقي‬‎). Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="4yZ3sZCYADs" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="4yZ3sZCYADs" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="4yZ3sZCYADs" field="authentic" />
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== Related genres ==
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Summary

Iraqi maqam is a vocal and instrumental art tradition with a recognizable repertory, performance architecture and social history. It is not simply the Iraqi name for the entire Arabic maqam modal system. A leading qari, poetic text and the accompanying chalgi ensemble develop a particular musical sequence, with inherited expectations and individual interpretation working together. Baghdad is a defining reference, while other Iraqi communities and diaspora musicians sustain related knowledge. The tradition joins specialist artistry to a much broader cultural memory of song and social gathering. [1]

Contemporary and trending

Iraqi maqam continues through performers, recordings, teaching, cultural institutions and private or public gatherings. Migration and political disruption have changed where musicians can work, making diaspora continuity especially consequential. Heritage documentation is useful but cannot replace the practical learning required to shape a complete performance. Contemporary listening includes people who know a familiar closing song and specialists who follow the maqam's detailed development. Those forms of familiarity coexist, allowing a highly skilled tradition to retain cultural identity beyond a narrow professional circle.

History

The art developed within Iraq's interconnected urban, social and religious worlds, with Baghdad's coffeehouses and ensembles becoming important settings. Muslim, Jewish and other musicians participated in histories of transmission and professional work. Early recordings preserve particular voices and ensembles while reflecting the limits of recording technology and commercial selection. Later national institutions and migration reshaped presentation. The British Library/Qatar Digital Library account is valuable for restoring those working contexts to archive tracks that might otherwise sound like isolated examples of an abstract modal system. [2]

Musical characteristics

Listen to the singer's ordered melodic development, ornament and handling of poetic language. Santur, jawza fiddle and percussion give the chalgi ensemble a distinctive palette, though actual instrumentation can vary. Free or flexible vocal passages interact with measured sections, and a performance may lead into a more widely shared song. The art's structure is more specific than choosing a scale and improvising without constraints. Memory, expected melodic routes and a personal voice shape how the qari makes the inherited form compelling in a particular occasion. [1]

Geography and communities

The strongest landscape covers Baghdad and connected central/northern Iraqi cultural communities, including towns, family networks and listeners beyond specialist venues. A separate northern field can preserve regional relationships rather than treating the whole country as identical. Western European diaspora communities provide a weaker detached landscape of performance, teaching and recorded memory. The map follows cultural continuity, not simply the residence of a globally known singer. It also distinguishes the geography of this particular tradition from the much broader use of the word maqam across West and Central Asia.

Artists

Muhammad al-Qubbanchi is a major historical vocal reference, while Yusuf Omar and Nazem al-Ghazali open different relationships to maqam and popular song. Farida Mohammed Ali provides a valuable route into contemporary interpretation and transnational presentation. Instrumentalists, including santur and jawza specialists, deserve attention alongside singers because their knowledge makes the ensemble function. Compare complete performances where possible, since an extracted song may conceal the larger development. A famous artist's wider catalogue should not automatically be classified as one homogeneous maqam repertory. [2]

Representative performances

These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.

MuGlobe listening profile
Repertoire Field use Notes
classical regional Comprehensive catalogue; recent discovery is prioritized and worthwhile older music remains playable. Preserve specific recording contexts and dates.
MuGlobe representative performances
Artist Performance / song / title Embedded player URL Notes Repertoire kind Repertoire date Recording date Format Opening Places Fit Evidence Review note MuGlobe favorite Current hit Authentic
Hamid Al-Saadi and accompanists Maqam Chahargah — live at Maqām Studio https://www.youtube.com/embed/qoDoM1yQa2M The presenting studio's direct performance of an Iraqi maqam, recorded on April 13, 2025. An extended vocal rendition to hear before the separate explanation-and-demonstration video.[3] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown pending Existing recording Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. false false false
Hamid Al-Saadi with Amir ElSaffar The Iraqi Maqam — explanation and demonstration https://www.youtube.com/embed/h_C-_szflE0 Al-Saadi explains the form and demonstrates Maqam Urfa and the pasta Rabbeitak Sghayroun Hasan with ElSaffar on santur. This is an instructional performance with spoken explanation, complementary to the concert selection.[4] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown pending Existing recording Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. false false false
فريدة فريدة - مني شبدة وتاذيني - حفل قطر https://www.youtube.com/embed/CwBlETn4waE Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Iraqi Maqam Foundation - مؤسسة المقام العراقي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-10-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[5] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Iraqi Maqam Foundation - مؤسسة المقام العراقي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
فريدة فريدة - مااصبر بعد - حفل قطر https://www.youtube.com/embed/W40cm2RQZJQ Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Iraqi Maqam Foundation - مؤسسة المقام العراقي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-10-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[6] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Iraqi Maqam Foundation - مؤسسة المقام العراقي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
حسين الاعظمي حسين الاعظمي - مقام النهوند https://www.youtube.com/embed/zlQNI-meiXg Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Iraqi Maqam Foundation - مؤسسة المقام العراقي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-05-31; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[7] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Iraqi Maqam Foundation - مؤسسة المقام العراقي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
حامد السعدي مقام مثنوي قاريء وخبير المقام العراقي حامد السعدي نيويورك 12/2025 https://www.youtube.com/embed/TVv2nJDrmj0 Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Hamid Al Saadi حامد السعدي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-05-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[8] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Hamid Al Saadi حامد السعدي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
حامد السعدي 3- حفلة لندن قاريء وخبير المقام العراقي حامد السعدي 1999 https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZSC3KuGmz74 Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Hamid Al Saadi حامد السعدي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-05-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[9] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Hamid Al Saadi حامد السعدي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
يوسف عمر 15- مقام كرد الأستاذ يوسف عمر https://www.youtube.com/embed/43yFdGwR6ps Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Hamid Al Saadi حامد السعدي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-05-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[10] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Hamid Al Saadi حامد السعدي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
محمد الگبنچي 14- مقام بنجگاه الأستاذ محمد الگبنچي. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OEVPjsF6XRs Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Hamid Al Saadi حامد السعدي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-05-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[11] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Hamid Al Saadi حامد السعدي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
عارف الناصر مقام دشت عارف الناصر +يا عزيز الروح+ميحانه ميحانه+عمي يا بياع الورد https://www.youtube.com/embed/KZcGxXCKZPI Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: عارف الناصر _Aref_alnaser. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-04-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[12] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: عارف الناصر _Aref_alnaser. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
حامد السعدي مقام دشت قاريء وخبير المقام العراقي حامد السعدي...نيويورك 12/2025 https://www.youtube.com/embed/fOHX_LydlZY Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Hamid Al Saadi حامد السعدي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-01-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[13] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Hamid Al Saadi حامد السعدي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Iraqi Radio maqam singer (uncredited archival performer) 2- مقام حديدي وأغنية ياحلو ياابو السدارة..دار الإذاعة العراقية 1953 https://www.youtube.com/embed/wosJKYPIySs Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Hamid Al Saadi حامد السعدي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1953. Source dates Iraqi Radio archive to1953. Hamid Al-Saadi is the modern publisher/commentator, not assumed to be the historical singer. Video publication: 2026-01-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[14] classical unknown 1953 unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Hamid Al Saadi حامد السعدي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1953. Source dates Iraqi Radio archive to1953. Hamid Al-Saadi is the modern publisher/commentator, not assumed to be the historical singer. false false false
يوسف عمر يوسف عمر مقام حديدي مع بستة يا الولد يابني https://www.youtube.com/embed/yNrTrc3AH9Y Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: زكريا الأنصاري التراثي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2023-02-22; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[15] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: زكريا الأنصاري التراثي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
ناظم الغزالي المطرب ناظم الغزالي ومقام اوشار (لعلك تصغي ) واغنية (خايف عليها)واهديها للجميع صباح الورد https://www.youtube.com/embed/pHTiS4dBpIM Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: مطرب المقام العراقي ناظم الغزالي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2021-09-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[16] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: مطرب المقام العراقي ناظم الغزالي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
حسين الاعظمي مقام دشت بصوت عمالقة المقام العراقي "حسين الأعظمي و محمد كمر" https://www.youtube.com/embed/cAsCK7qqNCQ Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: قناة دجلة الفضائية. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2021-01-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[17] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: قناة دجلة الفضائية. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
فريدة حفلة سيدة المقام العراقي فريدة مهرجان الاردن الدولي بقياادة الفنان محمد حسين كمر2010 https://www.youtube.com/embed/sg8pZ8aaBxY Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Mohammad Gomar. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2020-08-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[18] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Mohammad Gomar. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
فريدة حفلة الجزائر/الفنانة فريدة / سيدة المقام العراقي https://www.youtube.com/embed/SjTjK4_VuaI Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Mohammad Gomar. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2020-05-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[19] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Mohammad Gomar. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
فريدة سيدة المقام العراقي فريدة محمد علي و الفنان إسماعيل فاضل في حفل المقام العراقي/ تورونتو ٢٠١٩ https://www.youtube.com/embed/H1T-ZwQE9Gk Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: The Iraqi Canadian Society. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2020-04-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[20] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: The Iraqi Canadian Society. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
يوسف عمر يوسف عمر . مقام الحسيني واغنية صاحي لو سكران https://www.youtube.com/embed/4r-whDx00Zo Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Iraqi Maqam (‫المقام العراقي‬‎). Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2019-05-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[21] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Iraqi Maqam (‫المقام العراقي‬‎). Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
يوسف عمر يوسف عمر في اداء يدمي القلب #مقام مدمي-بستة ون ياكلب #المقام_العراقي https://www.youtube.com/embed/A-ZaLwle43U Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: في رحاب المقام العراقي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2019-03-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[22] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: في رحاب المقام العراقي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
ناظم الغزالي مقام دشت - ناظم الغزالي - يوسف زعرور - nazem algh https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hr9A3JFTYmM Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: مكتبة تراث الفن العربي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2018-03-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[23] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: مكتبة تراث الفن العربي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
يوسف عمر يوسف عمر مقام الحجاز كار~ هاجن جنوني لولفي ودوني https://www.youtube.com/embed/n3u9dA7gWh4 Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Iraqi Maqam (‫المقام العراقي‬‎). Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2018-02-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[24] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Iraqi Maqam (‫المقام العراقي‬‎). Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
حسين الاعظمي حسين الاعظمي مقام الخنابات ~ جلجل عليه الرمان https://www.youtube.com/embed/BqX_ZgPi4EI Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Iraqi Maqam (‫المقام العراقي‬‎). Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2018-01-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[25] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Iraqi Maqam (‫المقام العراقي‬‎). Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
حسين الاعظمي حسين الاعظمي ، مقام الحسيني 2001 https://www.youtube.com/embed/kfIfXhsmnKc Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: حسين الاعظمي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2016-07-26; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[26] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: حسين الاعظمي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
فريدة حفلة سيدة المقام العراقي السيدة فريدة في حضرة جلالة ملكة هولندا بياتريكس 2004 https://www.youtube.com/embed/MEGC8mp2cN0 Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Mohammad Gomar. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2015-06-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[27] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Mohammad Gomar. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
ناظم الغزالي مقام حكيمي ناظم الغزالي https://www.youtube.com/embed/4nVCv0wW6lg Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: خليل الدباغ. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2013-10-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[28] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: خليل الدباغ. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
ناظم الغزالي ناظم الغزالي - مقام حويزاوي - وقائله لما اردت وداعها https://www.youtube.com/embed/17OW414bzt0 Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: freethinker1960111. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2013-04-22; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[29] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: freethinker1960111. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
يوسف عمر يوسف عمر مقام وابوذيات + سايب يكلبي https://www.youtube.com/embed/xGbJe71Nw7s Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: STM. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2012-12-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[30] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: STM. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
يوسف عمر يوسف عمر مقام نهاوند و الله ما شرقت شمس - يا زارع البزرنكوش https://www.youtube.com/embed/sBgkRlGvX6I Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: ClassicSystems. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2012-02-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[31] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: ClassicSystems. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Farida Mohammad Ali, Latif Al Obaidi Farida Mohammad Ali & Latif Al Obaidi - Maqam (trad.) https://www.youtube.com/embed/rCWTK7bfaMc Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: vrije geluiden. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2011-12-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[32] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: vrije geluiden. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
يوسف عمر Maqam Nawa - Yusuf Omar يوسف عمر ~ مقام النوى - شعر ابن معصوم المدني https://www.youtube.com/embed/4yZ3sZCYADs Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Iraqi Maqam (‫المقام العراقي‬‎). Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2008-12-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[33] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Iraqi maqam musical recording. Source: Iraqi Maqam (‫المقام العراقي‬‎). Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false

Related genres

Arabic maqam theory provides a related framework but is not an interchangeable genre name. Azerbaijani mugham, Persian dastgah and Central Asian maqom traditions offer historical and structural comparison while retaining their own repertoires and institutions. Iraqi popular song shares musicians and audiences without reproducing every formal expectation. Understanding those distinctions makes the tradition more approachable: a listener can begin with the timbre and text, then learn how a particular musical route, ensemble response and social setting create a recognizable Iraqi art.

References and further reading

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Iraqi Maqam — UNESCO.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dusty Streets and Hot Music in Baghdad — British Library/QDL.
  3. ↑ Hamid Al-Saadi and accompanists — Maqam Chahargah — live at Maqām Studio. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
  4. ↑ Hamid Al-Saadi with Amir ElSaffar — The Iraqi Maqam — explanation and demonstration. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
  5. ↑ فريدة - مني شبدة وتاذيني - حفل قطر.
  6. ↑ فريدة - مااصبر بعد - حفل قطر.
  7. ↑ حسين الاعظمي - مقام النهوند.
  8. ↑ مقام مثنوي قاريء وخبير المقام العراقي حامد السعدي نيويورك 12/2025.
  9. ↑ 3- حفلة لندن قاريء وخبير المقام العراقي حامد السعدي 1999.
  10. ↑ 15- مقام كرد الأستاذ يوسف عمر.
  11. ↑ 14- مقام بنجگاه الأستاذ محمد الگبنچي..
  12. ↑ مقام دشت عارف الناصر +يا عزيز الروح+ميحانه ميحانه+عمي يا بياع الورد .
  13. ↑ مقام دشت قاريء وخبير المقام العراقي حامد السعدي...نيويورك 12/2025.
  14. ↑ 2- مقام حديدي وأغنية ياحلو ياابو السدارة..دار الإذاعة العراقية 1953.
  15. ↑ يوسف عمر مقام حديدي مع بستة يا الولد يابني.
  16. ↑ المطرب ناظم الغزالي ومقام اوشار (لعلك تصغي ) واغنية (خايف عليها)واهديها للجميع صباح الورد.
  17. ↑ مقام دشت بصوت عمالقة المقام العراقي "حسين الأعظمي و محمد كمر".
  18. ↑ حفلة سيدة المقام العراقي فريدة مهرجان الاردن الدولي بقياادة الفنان محمد حسين كمر2010.
  19. ↑ حفلة الجزائر/الفنانة فريدة / سيدة المقام العراقي.
  20. ↑ سيدة المقام العراقي فريدة محمد علي و الفنان إسماعيل فاضل في حفل المقام العراقي/ تورونتو ٢٠١٩.
  21. ↑ يوسف عمر . مقام الحسيني واغنية صاحي لو سكران.
  22. ↑ يوسف عمر في اداء يدمي القلب #مقام مدمي-بستة ون ياكلب #المقام_العراقي.
  23. ↑ مقام دشت - ناظم الغزالي - يوسف زعرور - nazem algh.
  24. ↑ يوسف عمر مقام الحجاز كار~ هاجن جنوني لولفي ودوني.
  25. ↑ حسين الاعظمي مقام الخنابات ~ جلجل عليه الرمان.
  26. ↑ حسين الاعظمي ، مقام الحسيني 2001.
  27. ↑ حفلة سيدة المقام العراقي السيدة فريدة في حضرة جلالة ملكة هولندا بياتريكس 2004.
  28. ↑ مقام حكيمي ناظم الغزالي.
  29. ↑ ناظم الغزالي - مقام حويزاوي - وقائله لما اردت وداعها.
  30. ↑ يوسف عمر مقام وابوذيات + سايب يكلبي.
  31. ↑ يوسف عمر مقام نهاوند و الله ما شرقت شمس - يا زارع البزرنكوش.
  32. ↑ Farida Mohammad Ali & Latif Al Obaidi - Maqam (trad.).
  33. ↑ Maqam Nawa - Yusuf Omar يوسف عمر ~ مقام النوى - شعر ابن معصوم المدني.

Hotspot mushrooms

Iraqi maqam is a connected Iraqi art/listening landscape with regional variations and diaspora continuity. Broad central/northern fields represent social familiarity beyond Baghdad coffeehouse addresses.

These fields are editorial illustrations of musical affinity and cultural reach, not listener statistics. Radius marks the zero edge of the fade; overlapping fields of this genre combine by maximum.

MuGlobe hotspot mushrooms
ID Location Latitude Longitude Radius (km) Strength Notes
iraqi-maqam-central Baghdad and central Iraqi Maqam landscape 33 44 850 1 Specialist practice and broad family/cultural memory.
iraqi-maqam-northern Northern Iraqi related Maqam landscape 35.8 43.5 650 0.75 Regional continuity and distinct local settings.
iraqi-maqam-european Western European Iraqi Maqam circuit 51 7 950 0.45 Detached teaching, performance and diaspora listening.
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