chill lofi middle eastern music vibes for studying, relaxing, working, hookah, arabic oud (2 hours)

[@MrWoodlandAirsoft]

I love the little detail of the cat reading right to left, which is the direction of Arabic writing

[@ضاد-ق2ج]

I hope you know that Arabic can be read from left to right, right to left, up to down and down to up. I am serious. Look up Musnad writing. Abajadiya is the only one you can read from Left to right.

[@SoroushTorkian]

No... he's flipping the pages the wrong way, it can't be right to left.

[@ضاد-ق2ج]

@@SoroushTorkian sir, I am gonna have to correct u. The Arabic u know and most people know is Abajadiya. And it can only be read from right to left. However, Musnad can be read left to right and right to left. Up to down and down to up (both ways as well if mirrored) so yes, the anime there reads Arabic even though the pages are flipped to the other side. It is not Abajadiya that he's reading by Musnad :)

[@Charles-mv7sv]

The cat is reading in standard English. From right to left, top to bottom. But oddly enough is read the top of both pages before starting the next line down.

[@napstablookyi9015]

As a lofi fan, who's not familiar with middle eastern music, this is EXCELLENT. Like really I love it. Some new good lofi vibe. Middle eastern music in lofi should be a trend as Japanese is. Thank you. for making me discover this.

[@alyahz7949]

yaass

[@AlwiGaming23]

this is an arabic muslim lofi!

[@fredia7131]

00:00 Night Ark - Offering 04:09 Night Ark - Homecoming 07:45 Ara Dinkjian Quartet - Dancing Girls 11:35 Omar Faruk Tekbilek - The Last Words 20:04 Omar Faruk Tekbilek & Brian Keane - Nighttime 26:00 Omar Faruk Tekbilek - Laz 29:46 Ara Dinkjian Quartet - Hicaz Longa 34:00 Ara Dinkjian Quartet - For Alexis 37:39 Ara Dinkjian - Mandilatos 40:50 Ara Dinkjian - Yis Kou Ghimetn Chim Giti 43:49 Ara Dinkjian - Vart Kaghelen Goukas Yar / Al Ayloughus Gorav 47:11 Ara Dinkjian - I Sinkin' 50:15 Ara Dinkjian - The Invisible Lover 58:46 Ara Dinkjian - Even If You Leave

[@znxcs2975]

omar faruk is goated

[@ArtAntiDe]

26:00 is basically Hicaz Mandıra. There are plenty of sources for sheet music and instructions to learn it (I can play it on Saz lalala). Maybe some of the others are traditional folk songs, too.

[@Koshy210]

Thank u😀

[@hayots_lernashkharh]

ayy ara dinkjian is an armenian composer 🇦🇲❤️

[@armenianmuslimah]

Most of the pieces here are by an Armenian composer 🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲

[@sylph8005]

Perfect for studying for my Islam final paper. Mashallah! Thank you.

[@yasminebelcaid6447]

this is extremely beautiful it's kinda a mix of Turkish and Syrian Music and there is a Persian touch I love it ... thank you ..

[@lagalibaillah815]

bence sen daha mükemmelsin

[@AdolfHitler-ki2ej]

Yep however I wouldn't call this Syrian, this is more of a Kurdish/Turkish kind of mix

[@johnmalik2631]

@@AdolfHitler-ki2ej in the north of syria music is kinda like this

[@AdolfHitler-ki2ej]

@@johnmalik2631 yeah, because that's where Syrian Kurds live lol

[@romteenazmoodeh2527]

It sound a little persian but I don’t hear any persian instruments like the setar, tar, or Tombak. I only think I hear one persian instrument which is the daff.

[@reemchamseddine2204]

I am Lebanese and I love to study to lofi beats of American and European music. This was such a nice discovery I didn't know this genre existed!

[@pervinkoc3905]

This reminded me of Turkey.. and funny weddings i miss these days so much

[@anunusedaccount.2137]

Me:immediately thinks about the movie: "my big fat Greek wedding"

[@yimoawanardo]

I suppose you're from turkey and studying abroad. I'm not exactly turkey but I feel the same thing. Do you think of going back to your country too sometimes? after studying or something? The west feels too depressing for me..

[@officialstargirl777]

@@yimoawanardo I actually think she lives in Turkey but she said she missed it because of corona there are no weddings..i think thats what she meant🤷🏻‍♀️ anyway, i’m Turkish but i live in the Netherlands. i’ve never lived in Turkey but i’ve visited it every years since my birth and i love that country so much. i feel so free there compared to here in the Netherlands. like you said, it feels kinda depressing here. actually i think a lot people find there “home place” a little depressing and boring and especially not with the corona pandemic and stuff going on. sometimes i feel like i want to leave this country forever and live and a country at the other side of the world. it’s just how my mind works i think. anyways sorry for the long comment, i dont even think you’ll see this:))

[@yimoawanardo]

@@officialstargirl777 I've been stalking this exact comment thread because I was curious so I did see your comment just now :) I feel the same thing quite often sometimes too! Though I have been raised in a north african country and right now I'm studying abroad, in France specifically. My country, much like Turkey, has a lot of values and customs where people are much more social, warm and welcoming than most western countries. Although I don't think of living in china (I think the chinese might be as cold as the french or the dutch after all..), somewhere like New Zealand, Pakistan, Mexico/Columbia looks like a place where people behave "warmly". I feel like west eurpeans don't express their feelings or emotions enough : a cashier says thank you with a big smile on his face even if he hates you internally, while in most middle eastern countries, as well as turkey I suppose, and my country, a cashier who isn't happy won't fake a smile. A salesman who is mad will show he i mad, and a customer who is satisfied would show he's satisfied. I don't know if hypocrisy is a big word for this but I feel like euroean countries and western countries in general are cold because of some sort of "expressions hypocrisy". This is the point of view of someone who was born in a "warm country" and currently studying in a "cold country". Mind you, even my student colleagues feel colder than I would consider normal in my terms heh. But yeah, I hope corona goes away and we get to enioy all types of weddings :) Sorry for the wall of text too ;) I didn't notice it got this long xD

[@officialstargirl777]

@@yimoawanardo i’m happy you got to see my comment!! I agree so much with everything and also France and the Netherlands/Dutch are pretty close and I visit France quite often! New Zealand honestly sounds so interesting to live in, i feel like it would be an amazing experience. Personally I would love to live in Asian countries like South-Korea, I think that would be so awesome like the people they are usually very sympathetic and it’s a beautiful country. I think one of my biggest issues would be language cuz i’m of course not fluent in Korean..anyways the ending was kinda off-topic but nevermind:)) I hope you’ll get to live where you feel the best in the future!!

[@tejesedeny]

The only problem with listening this mix during work is that at certain songs (like at 26:00) I can't stop 'dancing' while I'm sitting in my chair. :D

[@Hamza-mu2qg]

doing the belly dance eh?

[@ayad2928]

I can relate ahaha

[@sugandha6871]

Lmao same

[@anadyrgo-into-the-wind2272]

“No dabke, I’m at work” *bounces around in chair anyway*

[@markavrakh4789]

SOOOO TRUE

[@naregmesrobian9921]

This is mostly Ara Dinkjian, an Armenian composer, and his work. Awesome stuff!

[@Glissentar]

أستخدم هذه الفيديو كل مرة أدرس اللغة العربية. شكرًا لهذه التحفة!

[@neo-fm9yi]

I love the fact that the cat is having some tea and something like baklava it's so wholesome

[@charlestheiner2833]

I used to live in Berlin and I'd often do homework in middle eastern restaurants (because the food is SUPERB) and I'd listen to lo-fi beats, the ambiance music coming in from time to time. This playlist is as if the music had lined up perfectly and I love it.

[@ضاد-ق2ج]

It is NOT called the Middle East. It is called Al Mashriq Al Arabi. You are offending Arab people.

[@Whatever-f1j]

@@ضاد-ق2ج really? I’m Arabian too but this is the first time i hear such thing, no doubt he doesn’t know as well

[@ضاد-ق2ج]

Yes, ma'am. By saying middle east you are combining Arab with Persians all together. Not to say that being Persian is wrong but this is a system to white brain wash people into thinking that all Muslims are one race. Islam is not a race. Plus the Arab world starts from the Mashriq Al Arabi and Ends in the Al Maghrib Arabi, which is North Africa. Please be VERY careful using the word middle east. It is called Persian and Al Mashriq Al Arabi, Al Maghrib Al Arabi. Spread the word. We are Arab. Do not let anyone steal your identity or rename it for you.@@Whatever-f1j

[@Whatever-f1j]

@@ضاد-ق2ج oh I got it, thank you for explanation 🙏🏻

[@ضاد-ق2ج]

@@Whatever-f1j حفظك الله أختي. المشرق الغربي و المغرب العربي. أتوسل إليك لا تستعملي كلمة المشرق الأوسط. إنها كلمة جد خطيرة على المجتمع العربي و تهدد الوحدة الترابية للعرب. شكرا أختي. دمتي بسلام و حفظ الله... أختك العربية من المغرب.

[@bramweinreder2346]

That solo had no business going so hard :) I can listen to this on repeat!

[@IoanthiElefther]

Some of these songs remind to me a little of Greek traditional music from Aegean islands and Thraci

[@Roneil22]

Geçen eve akıllı tv aldık, youtube falan var içinde. Geçen eve geldim bir baktım annem youtube'dan bu videoyu açmış, arkada müzik çalarken kitap okuyor salonda. Annem ne ara lo-fi'yi keşfetti ben de anlamadım ama bu videonun hastası olmuş durumda, sık sık açıp dinliyor. Benim de hoşuma gitti. Harika müzik! Ellerinize sağlık.

[@hragminas]

This is basically two hours of Ara Dinkjian... and its awesome!

[@yoy0mot0]

Music, food, faith, temperament -- many things bind the people of the Eastern Med and ME together. What you see in the news is a small part of a beautiful shared life in that part of the world.

[@roaaexe]

it's been almost a year since this was posted and it has been a blessing

[@roaaexe]

it's 2024 and this has become my comfort mix

[@narodnoramanian9431]

Never knew I needed this! Absolutely love it

[@donochetti2177]

If I may, you are beautiful. Good day my Lady.

[@nibbletdaking4090]

That cover of Blackbird blew my mind. One of my favorite songs ever played on one of my favorite instruments ever.

[@TAQSIMMUSIC]

Night Ark is amazing!

[@luisrentas4981]

Listening to this while reading classic travel books about the Persia, Syria, Afghanistan, and Arabia. *chef’s kiss*

[@minabani1]

For how many of these lofi mixes exist using hiphop and jazz I wish there were more middle eastern ones!

[@mikhailabunidal9146]

Loved that Lo-fi Levantine Arabic Middle Eastern vibe

[@sajidna]

As a High School student, I'm so helpful to focus at studying cause this playlist, Terima Kasih/Thank You 🙏

[@enessaidsezer898]

why didnt ask for it. we needed it...

[@moshak1455]

beautiful playlist man. However, you should also put the times of the songs and when they start and not just the names of the song. that way it will make it much easier to know which is which.

[@tomasschn9858]

Why isnt this a hit yet

[@dhanhyaa]

This playlist is making me crave koshari and baba ganoush.

[@md.a5368]

Proud of the Armenian componists of this playlist!

[@HassanAli-cc5vr]

fuck armenia nigger

[@panihamd2295]

Thank you for this, I've been crying 24/7 and the only thing that calms me down is to hear persian soft songs, I am proud to be persian and a kurd so thank you!

[@Insydnis]

Having a Prince of Persia themed birthday this year, and thought about looking up Persian lo-fi to jam out to. Was not disappointed, decadence matching delicacy!

[@rahmad2273]

I am a bif fans of this part! apreciate it you guys who's behind!

[@nekes5817]

this is so beautiful, thank you!

[@kocisawtrabka7523]

04:09 is also known as a Greek song 'Dinata Dinata'

[@hilalpilavci3992]

feels like home, thank you!

[@baharsahami6021]

Just discovered MENA Lofi after years of listening to lofi… I love it ❤️🧿🧿🧿❤️

[@Nyarty3]

I'm working with historical material from the Arabian period in 1000 a.c., plus my D&D group has finally reached the beautiful desert of the elves. I love this

[@yasmine9688]

Something from my culture ❤️

[@redryder5078]

A Middleeast in a reality where people evolved from cats . A conflict between Pawistine and Hissreal .

[@johnsinclair4621]

This is actually hilarious. Good one!

[@mxexx3395]

as lebanese man congeats

[@asrieltheminipig]

As a pawistinian myself, that was a good joke lol

[@redryder5078]

Let's not forget about Purkey!

[@PathOfAvraham]

Pray fo Purrusalem!

[@overmind2744]

good mix of persian and arabic musics

[@gimlitheringdestroyer]

And Turkish, actually

[@probeast1232]

Armenian mostly

[@tati1655]

*new lofi preference discovered*

[@constantinossavva6656]

omg thank you for this

[@sarahkaj2088]

with more and more evidence being found revealing the ancient relationship between arabs and the irish, i can see how arabic music influenced them too. does anyone else hear it? or was that an infusion of river dance music in there?

[@chaiidoost]

Why do I feel like crying whilst listening to this

[@patrickbairamian5420]

Have been listening this all week. Thank you! Keep it coming!

[@Дэни-д6ю]

lol just noticed the cat is eating qatayef looool

[@ece9609]

çok dinlendirici geldi. çok hoş

[@mmseverywhere4117]

I've been looking for something like this! Thank you :)

[@aliabelgacemi610]

i am so proud to be tunisian

[@ekakshkataria1948]

Lovely music, please mention the new Spotify playlist link, the old one does not work

[@comnreally4137]

I searched for this. I'm new to this genre of lofi mixes. So relaxing🦋🪐🪐

[@khaldshuaib8160]

40:51 يا ربيييي اخخخ

[@tohukota1793]

Thank you!! ;>

[@КириллКветинский-г6с]

Unique and beautiful, thank you!

[@doradoken964]

THIS IS UNDERRATED

[@evaistheway]

Beautiful and healing to my soul and mind.

[@Danideru]

quality stuff, love this vibe

[@lauravidaurre7991]

I love it, really nice! I prefer though the slow tracks, very fast tracks make me nervous and don't help me focus...

[@passer-by8732]

Amazing. Love from the Fiji Islands

[@ManuelGarcia-qc1it]

This lofi music is 10000/10🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ruz6495]

Thank you so much! It's so beautiful and well made. I have my exams in a couple days, and this is exactly what I was looking for. Bless you

[@zakitoularhmine]

1:35:30 Night Ark - In Wonderland

[@Notayoutubechannel89]

Yes I love it

[@gunturdarmawan2562]

My friend recommended this to me and yes it sounds amazing, very relaxing. Thank Sara.

[@ssmssmssm_]

I am Latin and Arabic music makes me want to start shaking my shoulders uncontrollably even if it is supposed to be chill lol

[@elisabadurlu4787]

Çok güzel gerçekten. Bulduğumdan beri bağımlısı oldum. Maalesef zor bulunan türden bu Orta Doğu müzikler. Devamını bekliyorum☺️

[@jewnickelberg5822]

inshallah

[@arenam.alises2332]

Why the cat does not eat the cake and why the coffee is still hot after 2 hours? Loved the music xxxx

[@gral0126]

amazing :D

[@yansouldance]

Good kitty, didn't eat the cakes all this while. If it was me, them cakes would've been gone in the first 30 seconds. Thank you for this lovely music and visuals.

[@Oliview321]

Dayummmmmmm

[@juliaulsh8164]

ممتع، شكراً.

[@mohammadlotfi9185]

There needs to be more arabic lofi

[@snowmass5310]

Beautiful animation and music, very relaxing

[@SoroushTorkian]

Name all the middle eastern things you see: - 🧿 Protect against the evil eye symbol (nazar?) - Oud (guitar thing) - Baklava (the snacks) - Darbukah / Tablah? (the congo-looking drums) - Tea in a Turkish teacup (fincan)

[@labellevigne4160]

I thought the baklava was Qatayef with pistachio on it lol

[@SoroushTorkian]

​@@labellevigne4160 You know what, I think you're right. I googled it because I didn't know what it was but it's definintely qatayef with pistacchio.

[@znxcs2975]

this is wesome i would love to see more, keep it up

[@znxcs2975]

awesome*

[@andisilva1161]

LOVE THIS! TY

[@tejesedeny]

It's a really nice background music for literally everything, but especially for what I'm doing now: reading folktales from all around the world. :) I really don't understand that one dislike...

[@donochetti2177]

it's 3 now

[@ConOdeez]

YALLA HABIBI

[@everthingworld1437]

LOVE ITTTTTTTTTTTT

[@DesiLofi]

So chill

[@van3230]

chill

[@LeilisTale]

this mix has been my go-to for my late night study sessions, it makes my lil persian heart very happy! i was wondering, are the tracks DMCA-free, can they be used on Twitch ?

[@khadijanasr3752]

49:00

[@adibadib936]

You are the best

[@juanrojas7505]

I love this, saludos desde chile

[@tejesedeny]

A part of the third song 'Dancing girls' sounds like some folk song from my country (Hungary) :) I've just discovered that.

[@donochetti2177]

Amazing!

[@s0f_03]

What’s the song called?

[@tejesedeny]

@@s0f_03 It doesn't sound like a specific song, but the 'chorus' of Dancing girls (like, at 10:29) has very familiar sound, the melody, the vibes...it could be a Hungarian round dance.

[@wildbird78]

This is really good.

[@qrowanthony6636]

Daaaamn you got a me jamming love this

[@arvin1007]

As a Persian, I just cried for how you reminded me the beauty of middle eastern music, and the fact that how great and cultural the area was one day...

[@hussainbarakat4736]

Still is?

[@arvin1007]

@@hussainbarakat4736 it is, if we don't count a few things

[@danamidani1495]

anyone know what song starts playing at 1:21:55? it’s sooo good

[@wolfhaka7738]

→ Ara Dinkjian Quartet - In Wolf's Clothing

[@lowe7372]

Beautiful

[@ManuelGarcia-qc1it]

Nice lofi

[@lelemey6647]

Sooo beautiful🤩✨☺️👍🏼

[@armenianmuslimah]

So beautiful it speaks to your heart🤍 Most of the pieces here are played by an Armenian, jann Ara jannnnn🇦🇲🇦🇲

[@asyademirtas1696]

it sounds beautiful

[@soshiusss]

the persian feeling is strong in some 👌

[@livewithmood9252]

love it ❤❤❤

[@footballstatusdaily4708]

Nice music

[@JohnDoe-tp6sq]

No one thinks it's weird that a cat has another cat as a pet?

[@OmarElAraby-]

yea i have a human as a pet too He's playing outside now

[@baharsahami6021]

Middle easterners are all human cats though 😂😂

[@farukcosic7099]

Love it