We present the second episode on Egyptian singer Fatheyia Ahmed, the singer of two regions.

Fathiya Ahmed (1898-1975) was one of three daughters of a Qur’an reciter, Sheikh Ahmed El-Hamzawi. Each of her two sisters, ...

A new wave of Arab artists are gaining global traction. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with music writer Danny Hajjar about this recent rise and the future of Arabic music. Danny Hajjar has always been ...

This transcript is from a CSIS podcast published on December 26, 2023. Listen to the podcast here. Jon Alterman: Danny Hajjar is a Lebanese American music journalist and curator of the weekly ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. This captivating program of Middle Eastern songs features the return visit of the ...

Essam continued to produce music abroad, but some of those he worked with were swept up in the crackdown against dissent in his home country. In May this year, filmmaker Shady Habash died in prison ...

Nadia Lando is an American born-Jordanian Spaniard singer-songwriter. On Instagram she has amassed a burgeoning following in the hundreds of thousands. The Los Angeles-based artist recently released a ...

No Arabian Nights theme was used to sell tickets here. Just over a thousand people-many of them part of Miami’s Arab and Middle Eastern diaspora, but just as many from outside it-gathered beneath ...

In an underground reservoir built 1,233 years ago in a city that saw sectarian riots last year, visitors hear a beguiling musical composition that combines Arab love songs with Hebrew poetry. By ...

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and ...

While playing piano in public, a girl came up and asked me to play an Arabic song. I gave it a try — and her reaction was ...