The music of Palestine (Arabic: الموسيقى الفلسطينية, al-musiqa-l-filastaniyya, "the Palestinian music") is one of many regional sub-genres of Arabic music. While it shares much in common with Arabic music, both structurally and instrumentally, there are musical forms and subject matter that are distinctively Palestinian.
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