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The music in Iraq began to take a a lot more Western tone during the nineteen sixties and 1970s, notably by Ilham Madfai, along with his Western guitar stylings with classic Iraqi music which built him a well-liked performer in his native region and through the entire Middle East.[29][thirty]. The singer, considered by several listeners all through