Adnan (Arabic: عدنان‎) is the traditional ancestor of the Adnanite Arabs of northern, central and western Arabia, as opposed to the Qahtani of southern and south eastern Arabia who descend from Qahtan.

Origin[link]

Adnan is the father of the Adnanite Arabs who are the northern Adahoe tribes that occupied Hijaz, Yamama regions as well as most parts of northern Arabia.

Descent from Adnan to Muhammad[link]

According to Islamic tradition, the Islamic prophet Muhammad was descended from Adnan. Tradition records the genealogy from Adnan to Muhammad comprises 21 generations. "The following is the list of chiefs who are said to have ruled the Hejaz and to have been the patrilineal ancestors of Muhammad."^[1]

• 122 BC – Adnan (عدنان)
•   89 BC – Ma'add (معد)
•   56 BC – Nizar (نزار)
•   23 BC – Mudar (مضر)
•   10 AD – Elias (إلياس)
•   43 AD – Mudrikah (مدركة)
•   76 AD – Khuzaimah (خزيمة)
• 109 AD – Kinanah (كنانة)
• 142 AD – al-Nadr (النضر)
• 175 AD – Malik (مالك)
• 208 AD – Fihr (فهر)
• 241 AD – Ghalib (غالب)
• 274 AD – Luwaiy (لؤي)
• 307 AD – Ka'ab (كعب)
• 340 AD – Murrah (مرة)
• 373 AD – Kilab (كلاب)
• 406 AD – Qusai (قصي)
• 439 AD – Abd Manaf (عبد مناف)
• 472 AD – Hashim (هاشم)
• 505 AD – Abd al-Muttalib (عبد المطلب)
• 538 AD – Abd Allah (عبد الله)
• 570 AD – Muhammad (محمد)

See also[link]

• Ahl al-Bayt
• Family tree of Muhammad
• Family tree of Shaiba ibn Hashim
• Ancestry of Qusai ibn Kilab
• Banu Hashim
• Banu Quraysh
• Banu Kinanah
• Banu Mudhar

References[link]

Adnan Sami
Background information
Birth name	Adnan Sami Khan
Born	(1973-08-15) 15 August 1973 (age 38) London, United Kingdom
Genres	Pakistani music, Indian music, classical, jazz, pop rock
Occupations	Singer, musician, composer, actor, television presenter
Instruments	Singing, piano
Years active	1990–present

Adnan Sami Urdu: عدنان سمیع; (born 15 August 1973) is a British-born Pakistani Canadian ^[1] singer, musician, pianist,^[2][3] actor and composer^[4][5]. He currently holds Canadian citizenship and works and lives in Mumbai, India.^[6][7] His style merges Asian and Western music styles and instrumentation and ranges from classical to jazz to modern pop-rock.^{[citation needed]}

Early life and education[link]

Born in 1973 to Naureen and Arshad Sami Khan, Sami was brought up and educated in London, United Kingdom.^[8][9] His father Arshad was a pilot with the Pakistan Air Force and a Pakistani diplomat. Sami attended Rugby School.^[10][11] He had played the piano since the age of five.^[12][13] Sami began taking lessons from Pandit Shivkumar Sharma when visiting India during his school vacations.^[8] Indian singing legend Asha Bhosle spotted talent in a ten-year-old Sami at an R D Burman concert in London, and encouraged him to take up music as a career.^[14][15]

As a teenager, Sami, when performing on the sitar at a programme in Stockholm, was noticed by Keyboard Magazine as being the fastest man on keyboard in Asia.^[8] Sami went on to learn Indian classical music from Mahraj Khatak,^[16] a Pakistani classical singing teacher and dancer. At the age of sixteen, Sami was approached to write a song for famine-hit Ethiopia for which he won a special award from UNICEF.^[3]

He graduated from King's College^[17] and became the first person to play Indian classical music on the electric piano.

Career[link]

He had his first solo album Raag Time in 1991-92. The song from his album "Kisi Din Teri Yaad" was the title track "Jab Chandani Barh Kar" of his first album. In 1994, he composed music for a film for the first time. The Pakistani film, in which Adnan was the lead actor with his wife Zeba and famous Indian playback singer Asha Bhosle did the playback, Sargam, was a blockbuster.^[18] However, the authorities banned Asha's voice from the soundtrack which disappointed Adnan. He then had to re-record these songs with Hadiqa Kiyani.^[18] To date Sargam is the only film Adnan acted in. After unsuccessfully trying to make it to the restrictive Pakistani pop scene in 1997, in 2000, Asha Bhosle teamed up with him to release a collection of love songs named Kabhi to Nazar Milao.^[19] The music was also composed by Adnan. According to Adnan, this was a "dream come true" for him.^[8] The album became an instant blockbuster^[20] and topped the Indipop charts^[6] for most of 2001.^[21][22] According to BusinessWeek, the album sold 2 million copies in India.^[23]

Two songs from the album, "Kabhi To Nazar Milao", whose music video featured model Aditi Gowitrikar^[24] and Lift Karaa De whose music video starred the popular Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan,^{[citation needed]} became immensely popular at that time. The videos were shot by Anil Mehra who had shot popular Hindi films, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Lagaan.^[15] Looking at the immense success of that album, Magnasound and Adnan released an album Always Yours which was a remix version of numbers from that album.^[25]

He soon became a sensation, which led Hindi filmmaker Boney Kapoor to invite him to give music for his film.^[20] This was the beginning for him composing and singing songs for Hindi films very successfully of even the top Hindi film producers of the time like Yash Chopra and Subhash Ghai. Due to the immense popularity of his music videos and live performances, he had even begun getting acting offers at this time.^[15][26]

The song, "Tu Sirf Mera Mehboob", from the Hindi film, Ajnabee (2001) sung by Adnan also became a rage^[27] and was a superhit.^[22] Screen Magazine called him the pop personality of the year in 2001.^[22]

In 2002, Pepsi Foods made Adnan its brand ambassador in India, a contract which involved hosting a series of live music concerts across cities as well as Adnan featuring in ads for Pepsi products.^[28] According to the Pakistani newspaper Dawn, no Pakistani artist had managed to gain as much popularity in India as Sami had.^[29] According to an article in the Indian newspaper The Times of India, Sami was the most successful face in non-film music in India at that time.^[15]

His second studio album, Tera Chehra, was released in October 2002^[30] to critical eulogies even as his first album was still selling.^[15] The music videos for this album were shot by Binod Pradhan who had shot the popular Hindi film Devdas, directed by Bela Sehgal^[31] (director of Devdas Sanjay Leela Bhansali's sister) and featured popular Bollywood stars Rani Mukerji in the title track, Amitabh Bachchan in the track "Kabhi Nahi", who also sang the duet with Adnan^[15][30] and actress Mahima Chaudhry in another song.^[31] The title track was written by famous Hindi movie lyricist Sameer.^[30] According to the Screen Magazine, it was the only successful pop album of the year.^[32]

Saathiya (2002) brought him the opportunity to work with maestro A. R. Rahman in the form of "Aye Udi Udi", which he was looking forward to. According to Screen Magazine, the song was the highlight of the album.^[33] Rediff.com called him the "reigning king of Indipop" in early 2003 based on the sales of his albums in the past two years.^[31]

His most successful albums have been Kabhi To Nazar Milao (with Asha Bhosle) and Tera Chehra,^[34] and his music videos usually have had a host of Bollywood stars in them, including Namrata Shirodkar ("Bheegi Bheegi Raat"), Mahima Chaudhry, Raveena Tandon, Rani Mukerji ("Tera Chehra"), Govinda, Fardeen Khan, Amisha Patel ("O Meri Jaan"), Bhumika Chawla ("Maahiya"), Dia Mirza ("Pal Do Pal") and most famously, Amitabh Bachchan ("Kabhi Nahi")^[34][35]

Since 2003, he has sung for a few Tamil movies like Boys, Aayutha Ezhuthu composed by A.R. Rehman. The songs, "Boom Boom" from Boys^[36] and "Nenjamellam Kadhal" from Aayitha Ezhuthu, were hits. He also sang for the Tamil and Telugu versions besides the Hindi version of songs from the movie Yuva (2004) whose music was also composed by A. R. Rahman. Besides Rahman, he also worked together with composer Yuvan Shankar Raja, singing hit Tamil songs "Oh Intha Kadhal" from Satham Podathey and "Oru Kal" from Siva Manasula Sakthi, which got very popular and widely noticed. He sang the song "Chanchadi Adi Urang Nee" in the Malayalam movie called Makalkku.^{[citation needed]} He has also sang for a Kannada film. His first Kannada song, "Don't Worry Madabeda" for the film Super Star starring Upendra was a big hit.^{[citation needed]} He also worked with music composers Devi Sri Prasad and MM Keeravani singing songs in Telugu films Varsham, Chatrapathi, Shankar Dada MBBS and 100% Love.

In 2006, he took a sabbatical, and reportedly lost over 70 kg,^[37] to make a comeback in April 2007 with a new album Kisi Din. In 2007, he sang the soundtrack of the hit Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love. He composed film music for Shaurya (2008).^[38] His last film music composition was in 2010 for Sadiyaan

In 2011, Sami started judging the singing reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs.^[39]

Personal life[link]

Adnan Sami was married to Zeba Bakhtiar^[40] for a short period (2nd marriage,^[41] separated in 1996^[42]/1997^[43]) from whom he had a son Azaan Khan.^[43] After their separation, Adnan allegedly abducted their son and took him to Dubai after the Lahore High Court awarded custody rights to Zeba.^[42]

In May 1998, Zeba alleged that Pakistani and UAE officials were not co-operating with her in her bid to gain custody of her son from Adnan.^[42] She took the custody of Azaan by appealing in a Canadian court.^[44] Canadian immigration officials "stormed" Adnan's home, arrested him and "whisked away" his son who was handed over to his mother, Zeba.^[45] According to Adnan, this forced him to cancel millions of dollars worth of concerts and other recording obligations.^[45] Adnan's father, Arshad Sami Khan, filed a defamation suit against Zeba and her family claiming that during the hearing, he and his family members were defamed.^[44]

According to Sami, this was when he began to gain weight by using food for comfort and getting more depressed and this became a vicious cycle and by June 2006, he weighed 206 kilos.^[46]

In 2001, Sami fell in love with and married Dubai-based Sabah Galadari^[47] his third marriage^[41] and her second.^[48] This relationship also called quits a year-and-a-half later.^[47] According to Adnan, Sabah left him because he was obese.^[49] He also claimed that they were married for 10 years.

Around 2001, Sami, who was then based in Dubai, unsuccessfully attempted to acquire Indian citizenship.^[50] After failing to acquire Indian citizenship, he attempted to acquire Canadian citizenship^[3] and was successful in getting it.

In 2002, Adnan filed an appeal for the custody of his son Azaan in a Pakistani court by claiming that Zeba had obtained the custody of Azaan by "misleading the Canadian court through false and ill-founded allegations against him".^[44] Soon after, the two agreed to reconcile and settle the issue out of court after years of legal battles.^[51] Adnan agreed to let Zeba have custody but wanted access to Azaan. But it did not work out and in 2004, he sued the Canadian government for $30 million in connection with the immigration raid that had ended with his son "being whisked away".^[45][52] According to Sami, he won the case.^[49]

In 2004, Sami revealed himself as a huge fan of S D Burman and R D Burman.^[2]

In 2005, Adnan suffered from lymphoedema and developed an abscess in the knee. He was in intensive care, had to undergo a risky surgery and was in bed for three months.^[41][53]

In June 2006, Adnan weighed 206 kilograms (450 lb) and according to him, his doctor said he was giving him just six months to live. By diet, exercise and will-power, Adnan lost 107 kg (240 lb) weight in 9 months.^[46]

In 2008, Adnan's wife Sabah returned to Mumbai, remarried and began staying with Adnan.^[48]

On 30 January 2009, Adnan's wife Sabah registered a case against Adnan at the Oshiwara police station accusing him of physical and mental torture after they had a violent fight.^[48] Adnan was summoned to the police station and warned against misbehaving with his wife in future. According to Adnan, Sabah is making a claim to his flat in Lokhandwala and did not allow his father to return to it. He said he was planning to fight in court with his wife.^[49] Adnan also said that his wife was unkind to his son from a previous marriage, Azaan. Sabah has said that their troubles began soon after remarriage and that Adnan was suffering from alcoholism which "increased by the day" and would often indulge in violence against her.

According to her, on one occasion, Adnan drank so much alcohol that he fell down in the bathroom and they had to cancel a show in London. She has also said that he abused and apologised to her and it became a pattern and that she loved him "so much".^[48] Adnan Sami violated the law of India by buying immovable property without permission. Naresh Kadyan, Chairman — PFA Haryana asked the Mumbai Police to lodge FIR against Adnan Sami u/s 420, 120-B IPC along with other relevant sections of the law of the land.

Adnan married for the third time on 3 April 2010, with an Afghan origin German national woman, Roya Faryabi.^[54][55] Roya works as Project Manager for a US-based company, operating in Germany. According to media, Adnan first met Roya in India and proposed to her after some time, while Roya says that she always liked Adnan and he is the best match for her.^[55]

Awards and accolades[link]

Sami has won many international awards, including the Nigar Award,^[56] the Bolan Academy Award,^[56] and the Graduate Award.^[30] He was given a special award by UNICEF for the song he wrote for famine-hit Ethiopia as a teenager and a United Nations Peace Medal for a song he wrote and performed for Africa^[30]

A review of his piano solo performance on Channel 4, UK, in Keyboard Magazine acknowledged him as the "Keyboard Discovery of The 90s".^[30][57]

In 2001, he was awarded the Breakthrough Artist of the Year by MTV.^[31][58]

He was invited to be a member of the jury of the prestigious music festival Voice of Asia competition, held annually at Almaty, Kazakhstan - the jury comprises top music composers of the world.^{[citation needed]} Sami was featured in a documentary, commissioned by the Foreign and Common Wealth Office of Great Britain, about ten people from the Indian subcontinent, who have influenced the Asian culture in the UK over the last fifty years.^[59] Swedish and British radio and television have often referred to him as the fastest keyboard player in the world.^[14][60] Sami has performed for prestigious music festivals to sold-out stadia of his solo concert tours all over the world in over forty countries.^[30] In summer 2003, he became the only Asian artist to have sold out, Wembley Stadium, London, for two consecutive nights, which won him a place in the Limca Book of Records.^[61][62]

As a classical concert pianist, Sami has had the honour of giving "Group" Royal Command performances before the King of Sweden and King Hussein of Jordan.^[57][63]

In 2008, he was presented the Naushad Music Award by Andhra Pradesh Department of Culture, at Hyderabad.^[64][65] In 2008 he also won "Best International Act" at the UK Asian Music Awards.^[66]

Discography[link]

Badaltay Mausam (1997) was re-released in India as Kabhi To Nazar Milao (2000).

Filmography[link]

As an actor[link]

• Sargam (1995)

As a playback singer[link]

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Year	Film	Songs	Co singers
1995	Sargam	Aae Khuda, aae Khuda, jis nay ki justuju
		Suhani rutt ayi, mann jhoomay	Hamid Ali Khan, Hadiqa Kiyani
		Pall do pall kay hayn andheray
		Bheega hua mousam pyara
		Chamki kiran, khilay purwa	Hamid Ali Khan
		Kab sey khili ho (Classic music vs Pop music)	Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak, Hadiqa
		Kya hay, yeh uljhan kya hay...?	Hadiqa Kiyani
		Zara Dholki bajao Gorio	Asha Bhosle
		Pyar bina jeena nahin jeena	Hadiqa Kiyani
		Barse Badal, dil mein halchal	Hadiqa Kiyani
2001	Ajnabee	Tu Sirf Mera Mehboob	Sunidhi Chauhan
	Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar	Kuch Pyar Bhi Kar
	Deewaanapan	Nach Nach Nach	Falguni Pathak, Sukhwindher Singh
2002	Junoon	Aankhon Ne Kiya Ishara - Duet	Kavita Subramaniam
		Aankhon Ne Kiya Ishara-Male
	Ab Ke Baras	Mujhe Rab Se Pyaar	Anuradha Sriram
	Awara Paagal Deewana	Ya Habibi	Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan
	Chor Machaaye Shor	Ishqan Ishqan - Karsan Sargathiya	Sunidhi Chauhan
	Shakti: The Power	Dil Ne Pukara	Alka Yagnik, Ravindre Sathe, Prakash
		Hum Tum Mile
	Pyaasa	Tere Pyaar Ka Chhaya	Sunidhi Chauhan
	Annarth	Bewafa Bar Mein	Pinky, Preeti
	Kehtaa Hai Dil Baar Baar	Indian Se Aaia
	Karz: The Burden of Truth	Aashiqui Ban Ke	Kavita Subramaniam
	Saathiya	Aye Udi Udi Udi
2003	Love at Times Square	Aaja Aaja
		Raat Hai Jawan
	Calcutta Mail	Kahan Pe Meri Jaan	Pamela Jain
	Chori Chori	Ruthe Yaar Nu	Sabri Brothers
	Koi... Mil Gaya	Jadoo Jadoo	Alka Yagnik
	Boys	Boom Boom	Sadhana Sargam
	Joggers' Park	Ishq Hota Nahin Sabke Liye	Zameer Kazmi
	Janasheen	Nashe Nashe Mein Yaar	Sunidhi Chauhan
	Sssshhh..?	Dheere Dheere Hua	Alka Yagnik
2004	Plan	Kaise Kaise	Sunidhi Chauhan
	Tum – A Dangerous Obsession	Kyun Mera Dil Tujhko Chaahe
	Muskaan	Yaad Aayee
	Yuva	Baadal	Alka Yagnik
	Aayutha Ezhuthu Tamil	Nenjam Ellam	Sujatha Mohan
	Chot (Aaj Isko, Kal Tere Ko)	Pani Re Pani	Sunidhi Chauhan
	Shankar Dada MBBS Telugu	Ye Jilla	Kalpana
	Naach	Ishq Da Tadka	Sonu Kakkar
	Aitraaz	Gela Gela Gela	Sunidhi Chauhan
	Sullan Tamil	Kilu Kiluppana	Premji Amaran, Pop Shalini
2005	Sehar	Palken Jhukaao Na	Alka Yagnik
	Page 3	Mere Wajood
	Jurm	Nazrein Teri Nazrein
	Lucky: No Time for Love	Shayad Yahi To Pyar Hai	Lata Mangeshkar
		Sun Zara
	Waqt: The Race Against Time	Apne Jahanke	Sonu Nigam
	Koi Mere Dil Mein Hai	Bahon Mein Nahin Rehna	Asha Bhosle
	Garam Masala	Kiss Me Baby
	Mahanandi Telugu	Katthilaanti Ammayi	Kamalakar, Sujatha[disambiguation needed ]
	Makalkku Malayalam	Chanjadiyaadi
2006	Rehguzar	Allah Hu
	Taxi No. 9211	Meter Down
		Meter Down (Rock N Roll Mix)	Remix By Guru Sharma
	Kachchi Sadak	Khwaja Mere Khwaja
	Khosla Ka Ghosla	Sayane Hai Janaab
		Ab Kya Karenge Bhaiya
	Jaan-E-Mann	Udh Jaana?	Kunal Ganjawala, Sunidhi Chauhan
		Udh Jaana? - Club Mix	Kunal Ganjawala, Sunidhi Chauhan
2007	Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love	Dil Kya Kare
	Soundarya Kannada	Sneha Preethi
	Yogi Telugu	Gana Gana Gana	Sudha[disambiguation needed ]
	Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule	Cheli Chamaku	Anushka Manchanda, Swetha
	Life in a... Metro	Baatein Kuch Ankahein Si
	Shankar Dada Zindabad	Bhoogolamantha	Gopika Poornima
	Darling	Saathiya	Tulsi Kumar
		Saathiya (Remix)	Tulsi Kumar
	Dhamaal	Chal Na Che Shor Machlein	Shaan
		Dekho Dekho Dil Ye Bole	Shaan
		Miss India Martee Mujhpe	Amit Kumar
	Satham Podathey Tamil	O Indha Kaadhal	Yuvan Shankar Raja
	No Smoking	Jab Bhi Ciggaret (Jazz)
	Taare Zameen Par	Mera Jahan	Auriel Cordo, Ananya Wadkar
	Return of Hanuman	Blackhole
2008	Shaurya	Dheere Dheere	Sunidhi Chauhan
	Dheemaku Kannada	Suryaane
	Superstar	Don't I Love Or Do I Love U	Sunidhi Chauhan
	U Me Aur Hum	Jee Le	Shreya Ghoshal
		Phatte	Sunidhi Chauhan
		Dil Dhakda Hai	Shreya Ghoshal
	Tahaan	Jee Lo
	Khushboo	Kyon Hai Mujhe Lagta
		Tum Jo Mile Humko
		Kyon Hai Mujhe Lagta - remix
	Money Hai Toh Honey Hai	Awaara Dil
	Kidnap	Haan Ji
	Gumnaam – The Mystery	Ishq Ne Kitna	Shreya Ghoshal
2009	Jayeebhava Telugu	Zindhagi	Andriya
	Siva Manasula Sakthi Tamil	Oru Kal
2010	Dulha Mil Gaya	Akela Dil, Akela Dil (Remix)	Anushka Manchanda
	My Name Is Khan	Noor E Khuda Tu Kaha Chhupa Hai	Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal
	Click	Click Click Click Click	Shamir Tandon
	Sadiyaan	Taron Bhari Hai Ye Raat Sajaan	Sunidhi Chauhan
	Ek Second... Jo Zindagi Badal De?	Hota Hai Har Faisala Ek Second Mein
		Hota Hai Har Faisala Ek Second Mein - remix
	Chikku Bukku Tamil	Vizhi Oru Paadhi	Sujatha[disambiguation needed ]
2011	100% Love Telugu	Infatuation
	Oosaravelli Telugu	Nenante
2012	Ishq Telugu	Oh Priya Priya	Nithya Menen

As a music director / composer[link]

• Sargam (1995)
• Love at Times Square (2003)
• Lucky: No Time for Love (2005)
• Dhamaal (2007)
• Mumbai Salsa (2007)
• Khushboo (2008)
• 1920 (2008)
• Shaurya (2008)
• Daddy Cool (2009 Hindi film), Co director Raghav Sachar
• Sadiyaan (2010)
• Chance Pe Dance (2010), Co director: Pritam Chakraborty, Ken Ghosh, Sandeep Shirodkar

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Adnan Sami at the Internet Movie Database

Adnan Karim
Background information
Birth name	Adnan Karim
Born	1963 Kirkuk, Taamim, Kurdistan
Origin	Sulaymaniyah, As Sulaymani, Iraqi Kurdistan
Genres	Classical Kurdish
Occupations	Singer
Instruments	Oud
Years active	1979 - Present
Website	www.adnankarim.com
Notable instruments
Barbat (Kurdish Oud)

Adnan Karim (Kurdish: عه‌دنان كه‌ریم) (born 1963) is a prominent Kurdish singer from Kirkuk, Iraq.

He was born in 1963 in Kirkuk, an ancient and oil rich city in Kurdistan, with a significant Kurdish minority. Although coming from a financially challenged family, he received a high level of education. The first Iraq war and the rise of sectarian violence forced the family to flee Kirkuk and settle in Sulaimani in the heartland of today's Kurdish autonomous area within Iraq.

Adnan continued his educational path in Sulaimani and graduated as an artist. He grew up with his family in an environment rich with culture. During his early teenage years he was exposed to Kurdish traditional music and story telling. Over the years, famous Kurdish musicians influenced him when developing his musical talent.

Adnan Karim's first public performance as a musical artist was as early as 1979. The authenticity of Adnan's style is admired especially by Kurdish people due to the purity of his traditional melodies and the absence of particularly modern elements. The genuine sound of his compositions is rounded up by the harmony between lyrics, sound, and the choice of musical instruments. Audiences get a genuine feeling of the deep and melancholic message delivered by the songs. His soft, deep voice is accompanied by oriental instruments which are deep rooted in Kurdish music.

Threatened by Saddam Hussein's regime and the attacks on Kurdish people in the 1990s, Adnan's family chose to go into exile to Sweden in 1992. He continued to work on his particular style even while in exile, enrolling in specialised courses. Today, Adnan's music is appreciated both in the Middle East (specifically the Kurdish areas in various countries across the region) and parts of Europe.

Adnan Karim uses first and foremost Kurdish classical poetry which stretches back to the 17th century. His much-loved and well known poets like: MEWLEWI, MAHWI, NALI, SALIM, etc. His singing in different Kurdish dialects with an excellent prosody (patterns of sound and beats in poetry) so that every one who listens to him can be caught up in provincial feeling so the listeners accepts him as one of their local singers.

He prefers to sing accompanied by different instruments with different sounds. He composes his own music and often plays the instruments himself.

Adnan Kerim has up to now taken part in many culture and international arrangements. In the year 2000, Adnan, together with a few musicians, had a successful and much talked about concert in the famous concert hall in Stockholm.

He also performed with Living Fire Ensemble in Gothenburg on 02.12.06 and in Stockholm on 02.12.07.

His sounds are released on CD or a cassettes and it has the following titles:

Birtan ekem-Raz-, Lawiki Helebce (longing after your secret). Cassette.

Shewi Yelda, (the long night) CD.

Eroy oxer(farewell) CD.

Shiney ba (the whisper of the wind) CD.

Live in concert 2002 Stockholm (living fire ensemble) CD.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• Bîrtan Dekem (1993)
• Raz (1995)
• Şewî Yelda (1996)
• Eroy Oxîr (1999)
• Shînî Ba (2002)
• Live Consert (2002)
• Tavgeyek le Ishq (2004)
• Emshow (Tonight) (2006)
• Wefayi (2010)

See also[link]

• Kurdish music
• Kurdish people
• List of Kurdish musical artists

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Website
• KRG Brussels showcases Kurdish cinema and music

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Tara Jaff is an Iraqi Kurdish musician who has been exposed to many influences. ]. Over the years, she experimented with different string instruments, but it was her fascination with the ancient harps of Sumeria, Assyria and Elam, dating as far back as 3000 BC that led her to the contemporary Celtic harp. She has embraced this instrument and introduced to Kurdish music in particularly folk songs. She has developed her own innovative style to adapt to the various musical rhythms and modes of the region, bringing a contemporary expression to an ancient form of music and song. She has been living in the United Kingdom since 1976^[1] and has performed widely mainly as a solo artist in concerts, festivals, galleries, conferences as well having appeared regularly on radio and television worldwide. Her occasional collaborations have been with a wide range of artists such as film-makers, story-tellers, poets, painters as well as other musicians. She is also involved in outreach work where she takes her harp to hospitals to play soothing music for patients and staff.

Along with Fran Hazelton and June Peters she founded Zipang, a storytelling group which focuses on stories from ancient Mesopotamia. For the past several years, she has been a committee member of the London Kurdish Film Festival.

Albums[link]

1. Diley Dêwanem, Kom Müzik, 2006.[1]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Website
• Malan Bar Kir
• Zipang Sumerian Storytelling.