I bought htis cd along with its two companion sets to expand my world music selection. Some of the tracks are very good, but they simply are not Middle Eastern. Surprisingly all three cd sets have the same type of music on them. But one is supposed to be Middle eastern, one Punjabi and one some other Eastern type of music.I lived in Europe and loved the music in the Moroccan restaurants and clubs or the Turkish bars in Budapest. I really wish I would have had the foresight to buy those cds when I was there.The music's sound is off if you know what real Middle Eastern music sounds like and you can tell alot of these tracks and hastily thrown together becasue they are so mind numbingly repetative