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Mili Ma Mal al-Hawa

Aleppo · The Levant

Story & context

The Syrian Music Map places this work in an Aleppine context. That association is retained while lyricist, composer and earliest recording remain unresolved. The label qadd does not make every version anonymous or identical.

What remains open?

The earliest recording is unresolved. A famous performance alone does not establish authorship or origin.

Sources

  1. خريطة الموسيقى السورية · حلب www.syriamusicmap.org

Sources retain their original language. The editing date does not mean every link was rechecked or the earliest recording found.

How to read this archive

We distinguish words, melody, performance and arrangement. A source supports a specific claim; a missing credit does not prove historical anonymity. Open questions remain visible in each entry, ready for new testimony or recordings.

These paths describe circulation and cultural association, not exclusive origins or ownership. The same entry may belong to several regions.

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