The complete catalog of Island Arts publications

This catalog serves as a visual and documentary encyclopedia of one of the largest and most prestigious artistic production companies in the Arab world, "Funoon Al Jazeera." This edition represents the golden age of Gulf music, showcasing, in a well-organized artistic style, a vast list of albums and musical releases that shaped the consciousness of the Arab listener from the 1980s to the beginning of the millennium.

Catalog contents and key features:

• Icons of Gulf Art: The catalog dedicates special pages to major artists, displaying their original album covers in both cassette and CD formats, including:

• The Voice of the Earth, Talal Maddah: A review of his musical collections and famous sessions.

• The Sindbad of Song, Rashid Al-Majed: Documentation of his early albums and major successes such as “Abshir Min Oyouni” and “Al-Musafer”.

• The Falcon of Song, Rabeh Saqer: A presentation of his distinctive releases and the evening sessions for which he became famous.

• Artists Mohammed Abdo, Abdul Karim Abdul Qader, and Nabil Shuail: and other giants of Tarab music who contributed to the company's pioneering role.

• Artistic diversity: The catalog is not limited to official albums only, but also includes popular sessions (samrat) , outdoor concerts (such as concerts in Paris), and national songs that documented important historical occasions.

• Poetic and literary documentation: The catalog contains, in its last pages, documentation of poetry evenings (Jeddah, Riyadh, Cairo, and Bahrain evenings) for major poets, making it a complete literary and artistic reference.

• Design and visual identity: The catalog's interior design reflects the spirit of the nineties and early 2000s, using vibrant colors and distributing artists' images in a way that makes it easy for collectors and enthusiasts to find their favorite copy.

Historical value:

This catalog is not just an old shopping list, but a historical record that preserves the intellectual and artistic property rights of thousands of songs, and is a reference for collectors of "antiques" and authentic music who are looking for details of the original releases of production companies, some of which no longer exist today.