Stürtz says his introduction to Arabic music was purely happenstance. He was working as a tour manager at Jakarta Records, the Berlin-based umbrella label that now houses Habibi Funk, when he ...

The most iconic figure in Arabic music remains the Egyptian singer-songwriter and actress Umm Kulthum, known as ‘the Star of the East’. Born into an imam’s family at the turn of the 20th ...

Until recently, Arab music had been used by American and European studios and popular media in a way that “was very orientalist,” playing on racist tropes, according to writer and music ...

Khcheich’s profound upbringing in Arabic traditional music, during which she became acquainted with the music of Oum Kalthoum, Mohamed Abdel-Wahab, Wadie El-Safi, Zakariyya Ahmed, and Mohamed ...

Abu Dhabi: Skander Ladjimi is passionate about Arabic music. The French national, who is half Swiss and half Tunisian, grew up in a home filled with the sounds of his heritage. And now he is ...

Egyptian Musician & Educator Karim Nagi to Bring Arab & Muslim Music, Dance & Culture To FirstWorks The event will take place at the Providence Public Library Donald J. Farish Auditorium on ...