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Our reporter asks, Is this the rhythm of a world in step? Arabic salsa music?

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Posted on: October 5th, 2005
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The first time I heard Arabic salsa music, I was in a taxi in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, racing to catch a connecting flight to Afghanistan. The taxi driver, a Pakistani, was playing an incredible song on his . First came the Latin rhythms on bongos, then the rush of flamenco guitars. It sounded like the sort of dance music I grew up listening to in south Texas but with a distinctly Middle Eastern trill of the voice and the guttural lyrics that could only be Arabic.

I am trying to remember Middle Eastern singer who Olga Tañón sang with for what I thought was a great song. I just googled it. It was Hakim from Eygpt. From wikipedia:

Hakim hooked up with the Grammy Award winning, Merengue sensation, Olga Tanon on the breakout hit “Ah Ya Albi”

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