Bedouin music ( Arabic: الموسيقى البدوية) is the music of nomadic Bedouin Arab tribes in the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, Mesopotamia and the Levant. [1] It is closely linked to its text and poems. Songs are based on poetry and are sung either unaccompanied, or to the stringed instrument, the rebab. [1] Traditional instruments are the rebab and various woodwinds. [2] Examples of Bedouin music are the Samri of Saudi Arabia, [3] Aita of Morocco, and the internationally recognised Rai of Algeria. [4]