Instead of thinking, putting effort and creating, there is an easier way, plagiarizing a successful work.
Here is a list of Arab artists who had their songs plagiarized and most of the "thieves" are from Israel (Mar.20, 2014)
Wael Kfoury:
Zionist singer, Eyal Golan, plagiarized Wale Kfoury's song "Safha W Tawita" and renamed it "Shadows of the Image" and listed Ofir Cohen as the composer
Om Kalthoum:
Jewish singer called, Zehava Ben, stole the following Om Kalthoum songs "Enta Omri", "El Hob Koloh" and "Amal Hayati" made them into Hebrew and claimed the songs as her own
Abdel Halim Hafez:
Israeli singer, Shlomi Saranga, stole "Abu Oyoon Gareeah" rewrote it in Hebrew and claimed as his own
Walid Tawfik:
Israeli singer, Doron Miran, plagiarized the music for the song "Enzel Ya Gameel" and sang it in Hebrew using his name
Elissa:
Russian-Jewish singer, Sarit Hadad, plagiarized Elissa's song "Aa Bali Habibi"
Ragheb Alama:
Israeli girl band (Haim) made up of three sisters plagiarized "Saharouny El Leil" and replaced the Arabic lyrics with Hebrew
Amr Diab:
Israeli singer, Zehava Ben, took credit for "Awedony"
In the case of Eyal Golan, they're probably right, but in all others? In the cases I checked, the Israeli singers credited the original songwriter/lyricist.
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