Farida Mohammad Ali

Who is Farida Mohammad Ali?

Farida Mohammad Ali is an Iraqi singer. She performs regularly in the Iraqi Maqam Ensemble. The ensemble was established in 1989 in Baghdad by Mohammad H.Gomar to continue of the 1973 ensemble organized by the prominent lute professor Munir Bashir. She had taught maqam singing at the Baghdad Conservatory. She left Iraq in 1997. She is married to Mohammad Gomar the Djozza instrument player and lives in the Netherlands.

She was the recipient of the Medal Algeria Capital of Arab Culture in 2007. She performed in International Mystic Music Sufi Festival in Karachi, Pakistan in 2007.