Coffee slowly boils on a small gas flame. The aroma of strong, freshly brewed Arabic coffee fills the air. It is carefully ...

A girl challenges me to play an Arabic song during a live piano session, and her reaction says it all. Captured in one take, ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Clarissa Bitar about their new album, Bakhaf al-Layl, and how they are leaning into vocals after a long time spent not liking the sound of their voice.

The Sharjah Intl. Film Festival for Children and Youth, now in its 12th edition (Oct. 6-12), affirmed its growing stature as one of the Arab world’s most dynamic and globally connected showcases for ...

Arab Finance: The second week of October ended with a handful of major economic developments, led by the IMF raising Egypt’s economic growth forecast for fiscal year (FY) 2025/2026. Here are the top ...

A classically trained pianist with performances spanning Vienna, Chicago and London, Syrian-American composer Malek Jandali has dedicated his career to preserving and elevating Arabic symphonic music ...

Modern Arabic popular music is rich in its explorations of love, loss, longing and faith. But only recently have artists been speaking about their inner turmoil over anxiety, displacement, resilience ...

Emery Schubert receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Pause and think about it for a moment. For those unfamiliar, nothing will come to mind. But if you’ve heard the song of the same ...

Country crooner Zach Bryan has addressed the intense backlash to his new anti-ICE song that created a MAGA uproar. Bryan dropped a snippet of the unreleased track on Instagram last Friday, with lyrics ...

The Department of Homeland Security used a Zach Bryan song in a social media video on Tuesday. The video was posted shortly after Bryan shared a snippet of a song that criticized ICE. Bryan said that ...

'If the school boards choose not to represent our national symbols and federal legislation, then I will take action,' says Paul Calandra You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign ...

AI’s growing presence in the music industry has raised alarm bells among those seeking to preserve musical diversity. In his research, Fadi Al-Ghawanmeh has worked to prevent maqam, the traditional ...