| To download the track go here: arielwatson.com Hamseen Middle Eastern Music by Ariel Watson, Photography Khamsin, khamseen, chamsin or hamsin (Arabic: خمسين khamsīn, "fifty"), also known as khamaseen (Arabic: خماسين khamāsīn, "fifties") refers to a dry, hot and dusty local wind blowing in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Similar winds in the area are sirocco and simoom. From the Arabic word for 'fifty', throughout the Levant, these dry, dust-filled windstorms often blow sporadically over fifty days, hence the name. |