Desert Wind (album)

Desert Wind
Studio album by Ofra Haza
Released	January 16, 1989
Recorded	1988–1989
Genre	World mizrahi ethnic electronica synth-pop house
Length	49:15
Language	Hebrew, Arabic, English
Label	Sire/Warner Bros. Records (U.S.) 25976 Teldec/WEA Records (international) Warner Pioneer Records (Japan) Hed Arzi (Israel)
Producer	Arif Mardin Joe Mardin Ofra Haza Thomas Dolby Bezalel Aloni
Ofra Haza chronology
Shaday (1988) Desert Wind (1989) Kirya (1992)

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AllMusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
Orlando Sentinel	[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]

Desert Wind is an album by the Israeli singer Ofra Haza, released in 1989.^[6][7] Popular in Israel, Haza was unknown in the rest of the world until the previous year, when the song "Im Nin'Alu" and the album Shaday were released. Desert Wind was therefore more oriented toward the international market.

The main language of the album is English, however Haza also sings in Arabic, Hebrew, and the ancient language of Aramaic. The album includes traditional folk Yemenite songs.^[8] The sound is a mainstream form of dance music with elements of synthpop and, on track 8, an influence of house music. The album ends with "Kaddish," a Jewish prayer that, as Haza writes, is meant to hold all the world's sorrows on the wings of an angel. The song has a short English introduction; the main part of the prayer is in Aramaic.^{[citation needed]}