Saleh and Daoud Al-Kuwaity

Composers and musicians

Mizrahi · ProbableThe Modern Era

Iraqi Jewish brothers who wrote much of Iraq's popular music in the 1930s and 1940s; Umm Kulthum came to Baghdad to learn their songs. After they left for Israel in 1951, Iraqi radio dropped their names from their own music.

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