Baby Arabia

Baby Arabia follows one of the oldest ThaiMuslim bands specializing in the subcultural genre of ArabMalay music the bouncy ethnic crosspollination of Arabian melodies Malay throbs Thai Lukethoong kicks and a bit of Latin tempo We meet Geh founder of the band who taught himself to play the accordion 35 year ago Geh is joined by Umar a former Koran teacher and now a guitarist with a knack for Egyptian numbers Fronting their band is Jamilah a huskyvoiced humble diva who teaches the Koran during the day and sings Arabic songs at night while wondering if the world of melody can be both faithbound and joyously secular