50 Best Middle Eastern Songs for IG Reels & Stories

Best Middle Eastern Tracks for Instagram Reels and Stories

There’s a different kind of spark that comes when Middle Eastern music slips into your feed. It’s not the neat, polished vibe of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs—it’s something raw that swerves between tradition and pulse. You might be scrolling late at night, headphones half on, and a track slides in with a beat that makes you forget whatever you were supposed to be doing. Oud strings tangled with synths, percussion rolling under voices that stretch past language barriers. Some of these songs may not be literally tied to the idea of reels or stories, but the way they hit feels right for that setting.

The thing about Middle Eastern tracks is how they carry their edges. It’s not background music for quiet rooms, it’s the kind of sound that barges in, crowding space with rhythm. The vocals swing from hushed intimacy to power that rattles. You don’t need translation to catch the weight behind it. Some songs lean into dance energy with beats that push reels into motion, others sit in the low glow of melancholy, the kind of vibe that pairs with grainy filters and late-night posts.

These are not the clean, predictable tracks you’d throw on repeat for comfort. They’re alive with contradictions, weaving joy and ache in the same breath, shifting moods without warning. It’s messy in the way good posts usually are, where nothing matches but it all fits. That’s what makes them cut through the noise of a feed. Here are the best Middle Eastern songs for Instagram reels and stories.

1. 'Tamally Maak' by Amr Diab

2. 'C'est La Vie' by Khaled

3. 'Ya Tabtab Wa Dallaa' by Nancy Ajram

4. 'Habibi Dah (Nari Narain)' by Hisham Abbas

5. 'Bel Bont El3areedh' by Hussain Al Jassmi

6. 'Ya Ghayeb' by Fadel Chaker

7. '3 Daqat' by Abu feat. Yousra

8. 'Leih Beydary Keda' by Ruby

9. 'Sah Sah' by Nancy Ajram, Marshmello

10. 'El Bakht' by Wegz

11. 'Ghazali Ghazali' by Cheb Anis Haddad

12. 'Hadal Ahbek' by Issam Alnajjar

13. 'Dammi Falastini' by Mohammed Assaf

14. 'Bum Bum' by Mohamed Ramadan

15. 'Ya Lili' by Balti feat. Hamouda

16. 'Mahragan Bent El Geran' by Hassan Shakosh and Omar Kamal

17. 'Shou Helou' by Ziad Bourji

18. 'Ah Ya Alby' by Hakim

19. 'Ajmal Ihssas' by Elissa

20. 'El Wawa' by Haifa Wehbe

21. 'Décapotable' by Zouhair Bahaoui

22. 'Zina' by Babylone

23. 'El Tannoura' by Fares Karam

24. 'Waheshni Eh' by Myriam Fares

25. 'Khaleeni Shoufak' by Najwa Karam

26. 'Ser Alhayah' by Aseel Hameem

27. 'Ya Helou' by Adam

28. 'El Bent El Shalabiya' by Fairouz

29. 'Ya Rayah' by Rachid Taha

30. 'Tenadeek' by Majid Al Mohandis

31. 'Ana Baba' by Pousi, Muslim

32. 'Boshret Kheir' by Hussain Al Jassmi

33. 'Mish Tabi3iye' by Bashaar Al Jawad

34. 'Ya Habibi' by Maya

35. 'Aatshan' by Siilawy

36. 'Sahak Isho2' by Fadel Chaker

37. 'Aleky Eyoun' by Ahmed Saad

38. 'We Maloh' by Amr Diab

39. 'Tak Tak Albi' by Wael Kfoury

40. 'Ya Kbeer' by Tarek Al Atrash

41. 'Hala Bel Khamis' by Maan Barghouth

42. 'Mabtekbareesh' by Ramy Gamal

43. 'Min Awel Dekika' by Elissa

44. 'Shik Shak Shok' by Hassan Abou Seoud

45. 'Ya Sidi Ensa' by Nassif Zeytoun

46. 'Monaya' by Moustafa Amar

47. 'Ya Ana Ya Ana' by Fairouz

48. 'Ya Msafer' by Nassif Zeytoun

49. 'Leena, Ra2sa' by Carmen Soliman

50. 'Ser Elhayah' by Aseel Hameem