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release. Rida was transferred to a military camp where he was tortured and beaten for three days. On the fourth day, in the middle of the night, two men gagged him in his cell and threw him into the trunk of a car. They drove him into the desert. The car stopped and when his blindfold was removed, Rida saw that his abductors were in fact his two brothers. They took him by his home to see his parents briefly. He was given a passport and told he had less than 24 hours to leave Iraq.
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clarinet playing in an Arabic mode, also guitars, saxophones, and
Western and Arabic percussion including tabla, trap drums, and rhythmic loops. Among Rida's original compositions is "La Tesafer (Don't Go)," written for his mother about the time he left Iraq in 1997. The album's title song refers to a romance Rida had as a young man in Iraq.
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instruments. Rida's musical career was paused in 1993 when he graduated and was drafted into the Iraqi Army to serve the obligatory eighteen months. The Army refused to discharge him at the end of his service. When his parents were detained and tortured by the authorities, Rida had to support ten brothers and sisters.
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Rida began performing private concerts and weddings in Dubai, and his reputation grew. His first single "Meleh Wa Zad (Salt and Food)"—a reworking of a classic—became the top song in the
Emirates for 1997. His next one "Hali (My Family)" was an original composition about a man who yearns to marry
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Jordanian border with just a few clothes and his oud. Rida thought his crossing might take days, but as luck would have it, within fifteen minutes the border officer called his name. Rida went to Amman, and then the college town of Irbid, where he performed in restaurants. An
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for love, against the advice of his family. From there, Rida recorded three albums for Rotana/EMI, Zalim (2001), Boadak Habiby (2003), and Enha Bzaman (2005). Boadak Habiby was a crossover from classical singing into Arabic pop. Romantic themes in Rida's lyrics are parables for political woes.
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In July 2009, Rida released his fourth album, "Yom Wa Sana (A Year and a Day)," a set of fourteen songs he produced and recorded. The product of four years work, this album blends traditional Iraqi songs, Arabic and
Western pop from maqam to techno. It incorporates violins, oud, cello, flute,
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in 1966. His work bridges Arabic classical music (maqam) with popular styles of his region and beyond. The poetry he adapts and lyrics he composes address themes of human relationships and sociopolitical ideas.
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for his singles "Bo'dak Habibi", "Qasawa", "Dhalim", "Min Trid
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