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Musical Artists at Work: Naïssam Jalal, Fazil Say & Azu Tiwaline

Musical Artists at Work: Naïssam Jalal, Fazil Say & Azu Tiwaline

Sarah Naili interviews musical artists who meld eastern and western instruments, and forms, to create their unique sounds...

17 JULY 2023 • By Jordan Elgrably
Reviving the Nay Tradition in Jordan

Reviving the Nay Tradition in Jordan

Jordanian Rabee’ Zureikat is on a mission to restore severed links to the Arab past by reviving a...

10 JULY 2023 • By Reem Halasa
Freedom and Dislocation in Jamal Mahjoub’s Novel, The Fugitives

Freedom and Dislocation in Jamal Mahjoub’s Novel, The Fugitives

David Rife reviews the latest fiction from the Sudanese British author of more than a dozen literary and...

26 JUNE 2023 • By David Rife
Arab Theatre Grapples With Climate Change, Borders, War & Love

Arab Theatre Grapples With Climate Change, Borders, War & Love

London-based Iraqi playwright Hassan Abdulrazak enthuses on the 2023 Shubbak theatre arts extravaganza, June 23-July 9.

4 JUNE 2023 • By Hassan Abdulrazzak
Artist At Work: Maya Youssef Finds Home in the Qanun

Artist At Work: Maya Youssef Finds Home in the Qanun

Rana Asfour talks to Syrian-born and raised qanunist Maya Youssef, who now lives and teaches in the UK.

22 MAY 2023 • By Rana Asfour
And Yet Our Brothers: Portraits of France

And Yet Our Brothers: Portraits of France

Laëtitia Soula toured the expansive photo exhibit Portraits of France, which celebrates the lives of 318 immigrants who...

22 MAY 2023 • By Laëtitia Soula
The Artist at Work—a Conversation with Souad Massi

The Artist at Work—a Conversation with Souad Massi

Jordan Elgrably interviews the Algerian-French iconoclast about her first album after Covid and about why she's devoted her...

1 MAY 2023 • By Jordan Elgrably
Meet Ghoula—Arabic Music Remixed Via Tunisia

Meet Ghoula—Arabic Music Remixed Via Tunisia

In her latest music column for TMR, Melissa Chemam profiles the genre-defying Tunisian electro artist Ghoula.

20 MARCH 2023 • By Melissa Chemam
A new series in France, Raï Is Not Dead, Celebrates the Genre

A new series in France, Raï Is Not Dead, Celebrates the Genre

Melissa Chemam attends the première of the new French music series on Arte TV at the Institut du...

20 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Melissa Chemam
Hardi Kurda: Archiving the Sounds of Northern Iraq

Hardi Kurda: Archiving the Sounds of Northern Iraq

Melissa Chemam profiles Iraqi Kurdish musician-composer Hardi Kurda and his projects Space 21 and Archive Khanah: Sounds from...

5 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Melissa Chemam
Berlin-Based Palestinian Returns to Arabic in new Amrat Album

Berlin-Based Palestinian Returns to Arabic in new Amrat Album

Music writer Melissa Chemam interviews Rasha Nahas on her new Arabic-language album, "Amrat."

23 JANUARY 2023 • By Melissa Chemam
Benjemy : The unclassifiable Tunisian DJ

Benjemy : The unclassifiable Tunisian DJ

In which Sarah Ben Hamadi meets a key figure of Tunisia’s cultural underground.

16 JANUARY 2023 • By Sarah Ben Hamadi
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