PBS

Arabic music finds new audience with streaming, social media

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PBS

‘We’re just taking space.’ How Arabic music is breaking through to new audiences

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 journalist ...
Rolling Stone

The 50 Best Arabic Pop Songs of the 21st Century

Encompassing dozens of countries inhabited by close to 500 million people, the Arab world is enormously diverse, and its music reflects that. Our list of the 50 best Arabic pop songs of the 21st ...
NPR

A new wave of Arab musical artists are gaining global traction

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 ...
csis.org

Danny Hajjar: Today's Arab Music

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 ...
The New York Times

Following the Sounds of Arabic to Rediscover Paris

A language student’s guide to the French capital highlights the culinary, literary and musical influences that quietly shape everyday life. Inside the Andalusian garden at the Grand Mosque of ...