Khamra Teeka is an album by Assyrian

Assyrian people

The Assyrian people are a distinct ethnic group whose origins lie in ancient Mesopotamia...

 singer Linda George

Linda George

Linda George is an ethnic Assyrian singer who resides in the United States Of America. The vast majority of her songs are sung in her native Assyrian language...

 released in 1993.

The album was a huge success for the singer and marked a point in her career where she transitioned from traditional folk Assyrian Music, to more contemporary, Western music. Though the album still included traditional Assyrian ballads that for which Linda had come to be popular. The album contains "Matlab D' Libba" or "The Chappeh Chappeh Song", which contained a rap verse. It also contains the track "Barwar", a song which tells the story of the bombing of Barwar

Barwari

Barwar also known as Barwari and Barwari Bala, is a region situated in northern Dohuk Governorate in Iraq. The region is populated by Kurds although it was once mainly inhabited by Assyrians with a large Jewish minority.-History:...

, a northern Iraq

Iraq

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 region that was laid to waste during the Gulf War

Gulf War

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Track listing

1. "Barwar"
2. "L'Marzat yama"
3. "Bil Ana O At"
4. "Zreeley"
5. "Matlab D'Libba"
6. "Khamra Teeka"
7. "Nahra Diklat"
8. "Leytoon Khizyeh"
9. "Babi"