The music in Iraq started to take a more Western tone in the course of the sixties and nineteen seventies, notably by Ilham Madfai, along with his Western guitar stylings with regular Iraqi music which designed him a favorite performer in his native country and through the entire Middle East.[

As opposed to repeating the decision following him, the attendees chanted “No.” This live performance turned protest took place while in the north western governorate of Marsa Matrouh in Oct 2023, where singers have been alleged to rejoice the golden jubilee of Egypt’s October