Balqees was born in Abu Dhabi to renowned musician Ahmed Fathi and an Emirati mother. Growing up in a musical household, she was exposed to traditional Yemeni and Gulf music from a young age. Her ...

Arabs are a diverse group with some of the fastest-growing population rates in the United States (U.S.; Dardas & Simmons, 2015). The population includes approximately 3.5 million Arabs and Arab ...

Inez, the Moroccan-Dutch singer whose journey from family sing-alongs to AFRIMA acclaim is rooted in love, heritage, and ...

Named after the Sudanese-Egyptian border crossing, Argeen by Sudanese rapper Soulja channels that cross-cultural journey by ...

The Museum of Islamic Art Library opens its rare book collection this week, revealing centuries of wisdom about medicine, food and wellness. Across town at Liwan Design Studios, mothers and daughters ...

A jury of 100 film critics from 16 Arabic-speaking countries have selected three films for the Arab Critics’ Awards for ...

Modern Arabic popular music is rarely concerned with the noise inside. For decades, singers and songwriters across the region ...

After featuring the Sultana of Tarab Music, the Prince of Arabic Violin, the Master of Buzuq, Hajja Zeinab El Mansouria, the rich music of Happy Yemen (8th Century BC-19th Century AD), Happy Yemen in ...

Amid its sky-scraping towers and monuments, the Emirati capital offers heritage, new cultural draws and a natural archipelago ...

Women in the Gulf, especially Saudi Arabia, have taken on greater roles in society and the workplace over the past decade, ...

This year, on September 15, Egypt officially declared its first National Day of Music—a celebration of the country’s rich cultural heritage and its icons who shaped the soundtrack of generations. To ...

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