Middle Eastern music

Khaled's "N'Ssi N'Ssi" from about '93 or '94 is my favorite

Abdel Ali Slimani
Amr Diab
Natacha Atlas (fun to dance to)
Hossam Ramzy
Mostafa Sax
Chalf Hassan
Fatme Serhan
Samy Farag
Samir Srour
Hakim

and on and on

I tend to buy compilations and samplers, the only two artists I've bought albums of are Natacha Atlas and Rabib Abou-Khalil (really quite like his take on jazz - a genre I'm a bit hot and cold on, here's an example if you're not familiar: