Egyptian maestro and composer Hany Farahat performed a massive concert at the Sydney Opera House, one of the world’s most prominent musical venues. Farahat conducted the Australian Metropolitan ...

Standing before a rapt crowd, Ahmed Adel oozes charm with his passionate performance of an Egyptian classic, evoking a romantic nostalgia for Arabic songs of the past. "Ya leil" ("O night"), he sings, ...

"The voice and face of Egypt" Some questions ; Speech about music ; Listening ; Performing ; "Popular" music ; The individual ; Social issues -- Childhood in the Egyptian delta. "Min al-Mashāyikh" ; ...

Algerian singer Warda, whose sultry voice and range helped make her one of the giants of Arab song, died Thursday, May 17, in Cairo from a heart attack. She was 71. Along with Lebanon’s Fayrouz and ...

The poetry of Abdel-Rahman El-Abnoudi has been delivered by lead singers ever since the end of the 1950s. It contributed to recording Egypt’s national battles and shaping its collective consciousness ...

Since December, musicians have been responding to — and provoking — the protests in countries like Egypt and Tunisia, and much of the music being made about these movements is hip-hop. Some of these ...

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 ...

Egyptian, Palestinian, Syrian, and Lebanese artists will perform alongside prominent artists such as Stormzy, Doechii, Tyla, and Charli XCX at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark, which will take place ...

Standing before a rapt crowd, Ahmed Adel oozes charm with his passionate performance of an Egyptian classic, evoking a romantic nostalgia for Arabic songs of the past. Egyptian classical Arabic music ...

Algerian singer Warda, whose sultry voice and range helped make her one of the giants of Arab song, died Thursday, May 17, in Cairo from a heart attack. She was 71. Along with Lebanon’s Fayrouz and ...