Arab Music

I first heard of Mashrou Leila sometime last year, after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak. There was a YouTube clip…

Algerian singer Warda, whose powerful vocal range and patriotic songs earned her legendary status throughout the Arab world, died of a heart attack late…

On Tuesday evening, an image of a young Om Kalthoum highlighted the screen of al-Hanager Theater’s stage. Musical instruments sat…

There is an uncanny consistency to super group charity singles. Whether it is Sting, Michael Jackson, or Tamer Hosny standing…

The 20th Arab Music Festival and Conference opened Friday evening at the Cairo Opera House with a dramatic pageant of…

Google is celebrating the 129th anniversary of Sayyed Darwish, an Egyptian musician born on 17 March, 1892, in the city…

For the inauguration of its 19th session last Monday, the Festival and Conference of Arab Music presented a spectacular show…