After starting our series by Munira Al-Mahdiyya (1884-1965), the Sultana of Tarab Music, we proudly present Sāmī al-Shawwā ...

Kazdoura formed in 2020, finding much success on TikTok thanks to their cross-cultural fusion of Arabic, funk and disco. Led by Syrian singer Leen Hamo and Lebanese jazz musician Johnny Abou ...

From Shadia to Fairuz, MENA youth are revisiting classic Arabic music, reviving romantic traditions that have long defined the region and continue to do so ...

Our knowledge of the dancefloor is now digested and we have spent night after night digging records and files to know more about arabic music. We don’t want to be standardbearers of mixing whatever, ...

Half a century after her death, Umm Kulthum’s singular voice still echoes through busy streets in Egypt, across time-worn cafes in Iraq, and in millions of ...

Arab Strap were a post-folk indie band from Scotland, signed for the majority of their albums to independent record label Chemikal Underground. The duo had a short lived flirtation with a major label ...

During rally near Wittenbergplatz metro station in Berlin, some protesters deliver speeches in Arabic and chant anti-Israel ...