2000s Mizrahi Essentials

The new millennium ensured the exposure of the once-underground Mizrahi music that had emerged from the depths of Israel's Arab immigrant communities. The sound fused Middle Eastern, Turkish, Greek and North African instruments and styles, and the ‘00s saw it dominating the mainstream, as artists like Zehava Ben, Eyal Golan and Dudu Aharon seamlessly bridged the ethnic and sonic gap.