I'm always on the lookout for contemporary musicians from different cultures to share with my students, and I recently found myself down an online rabbit hole discovering several contemporary Palestinian musicians that are not only cool enough for my oldest students but have music videos and songs that are completely appropriate for elementary school and (obviously) musically interesting, creative, and well-executed. If you're looking for some new music, artists, or music-related videos to share with your students in elementary music class (or, honestly, with middle school or high school students as well), I highly recommend checking these out!
Zeyne (go to 1:56 for the song):
Dana Salah:
Noel Kharman:
Walaa Sbait:
Anees Mokhiber:
Almultahiat:
There are so many more wonderful contemporary artists, and of course many more older ones, but for this post I wanted to stick with songs with themes that aren't too heavy and artists who are current so they are sure to spark elementary students' interest without necessarily triggering a conversation you may not be equipped to handle appropriately in the context of the classroom. But I'm sure there are many more songs and musicians we can add to the list! If you have more names or titles you think should be on the list please leave a comment.
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