Growing up in Chicago, Amir ElSaffar’s most vivid contact with Iraqi culture came through food. Though his mother’s ancestors settled in America during the 1600s, she had learned to prepare the ...

Ibrahim Maalouf plays a four-valve trumpet — most just have three. The extra valve, attached to the button a trumpeter pushes down, allows the Lebanese musician to play quarter-tones — the notes ...

Yasmine Hamdan in Only Lovers Left Alive. Credit: Courtesy of Yasmine Hamdan In the hazy glow of a small Tangierian club stands Yasmine Hamdan, sensually rolling her hips, head cocked, singing in ...

Laylit When: Feb. 17 from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Where: Spot Lite What: An Arabic dance party Who: Local DJs Tammy Lakkis and aa3, plus Montreal DJ Mnsa, and NYC DJ Saphe. Why: Celebrate culture with ...

The 33rd edition of the Arab Music Festival and Conference, running from 16 to 25 October, will explore the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and traditional Arab music. More than ever, ...

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 ...

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 Syrian Music Preservation Initiative (SMPI) will present an evening featuring works by Syrian composers, Love and Loss: Classical Music of Syria to mark its fifth anniversary at Weill Recital Hall ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Canadian Arabic Orchestra (CAO) is pleased to announce that single tickets are ...

Members of the Boston College community gathered in Gasson 100 on Friday to celebrate Arab culture. Sponsored by the Arab Students Association (ASA), the Slavic and Eastern languages department, and ...

The Saudi National Orchestra and Choir held a performance of the “Marvels of Saudi Orchestra” in Tokyo on November 22 at the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall: Takemitsu Memorial. The Saudi National ...