Born in Lebanon, Professor Racy is a renowned expert in Arab music, having studied and documented numerous musical traditions found throughout the Middle East, in addition to his accomplishments as a composer and performer himself. With over 70 publications to his name, on subjects varying from laments of Lebanon, and Bedouin music, to folk instruments of the Near East, and music of the Arabian Gulf region.

Read more about Ali Jihad Racy on Last.fm.