Category: Music

Beshar Al Azzawi

I’m an Iraqi born, German citizen permanently residing in the USA. I’ve lived in many countries and I finally felt home in California. Apart from composing and infusing different genres, I sing, produce, play guitar and Oud, with intensive experience in cross cultural music. Beshar was born in Baghdad in June 1970. His love for

Tara Jaff

I come from Kurdistan on the Iraqi side. My relatives all lived in Halabjah. We used to visit them there but we lived in Baghdad, which was where I was born and where my father worked as a diplomat for Iraq, before Saddam Hussein came to power. From what I remember life was not as

Elliott Yamin

Yamin was born in Los Angeles, California, to father Shaul Yamin, a Jewish Israeli of Iraqi Jewish descent, and mother Claudette Goldberg Yamin (d. March 31, 2008, age 65), a Jewish American of Ashkenazi (German Jewish) descent[2] and former professional singer known for her “fiery spirit” and for receiving the “Golden Idol for Proudest Family