which most of the genre's followers — mostly working class to lower middle class — identified themselves with. Turkish composer Fazıl Say has repeatedly condemned and criticized Arabesque genre, equating the practice of listening to Arabesque “tantamount to treason”.[why?] See also Kanto Skiladiko Mizrahi music Filmi Longa (Middle Eastern music) References External links "Crossing The Bridge" (documentary film) on IMDb "Arabic Music" "The arabesk debate: music and musicians in modern Turkey" by Martin Stokes on Google Books 20th-century music genres Folk Middle Eastern culture Turkish culture Middle Eastern music World music genres Folk music genres