Turnpike There are many strands to the music of Vancouver-based guitarist and oud player Gordon Grdina, and while some of his projects lean more towards jazz, indie-rock, Arabic classical music or ...

The Jerusalem Orchestra East & West, which arranged the program for young musicians, blends Western orchestral music with Middle Eastern traditions.

From pop concerts in Cairo and the Red Sea coast to nostalgic 1990s hits and contemporary oud performances, Egypt’s Eid ...

My acquaintance with Palestine’s Edward Said National Conservatory of Music (ESNCM) goes back 10 years to when I brought ...

Classical and contemporary Egyptian songs by Reem Ezz Eldin. Thurs 4 June, 7pm and 9pm: El Sawy Culturewheel Puppet Theatre ...

Sabrina Carpenter is apologizing over a controversial crowd interaction during her Coachella set. The "Please Please Please" singer, 26, said on X she is sorry for her reaction to hearing a zaghrouta, ...

Sabrina Carpenter on Saturday issued an apology on X after mistaking a fan’s Zaghrouta, an Arabic celebration call, with yodeling during her headlining Coachella set on Friday night. “My apologies, I ...

English-speaking ChatGPT users were caught off guard after OpenAI’s chatbot started increasingly injecting Arabic words into its responses, as seen in viral social media posts. “It did it twice on my ...

From the heart of Baghdad to the cultural soul of Cairo, Yousif Abbas has carved a unique path as one of the most prominent Oud players of his generation. A graduate of the prestigious "Arab Oud House ...

The Michigan band satirically adopt Muslim stereotypes in their songs, pushing back against post-9/11 hate. As their incendiary debut is reissued, they explain their ‘evil’ music ‘I’m the motherfucker ...

National Arab Orchestra founder Michael Ibrahim joined the program to share his musical origins and why he believes music can bring communities together. After a family trip to Syria at the tender age ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They were feminist pioneers, immortalized by their music. The magic of singers like Fairuz and Umm Kulthum still makes the Arab ...