Glimpses of Arabic music and its artistic origins are presented by a writer whose soul lives with oriental music and melodies. He is the writer and artist Qastandi Rizk, who presents a comprehensive study of the history of music since the beginnings of the artist Abdo Al-Hamouli, and records his opinions about the musical art and the extent of its development in its various eras.
The book is considered an attempt to defend the identity of Arab music, and how many creators of musical art contributed to the advancement of this art, and used it to express the dreams and hopes of peoples during their struggle and artistic development.