Arabic music

We Will Sing Until the Pain Goes Away—a Palestinian Playlist

We Will Sing Until the Pain Goes Away—a Palestinian Playlist

Brianna Halasa has put together a dynamite playlist in solidarity with Gaza and all Palestinians.

DECEMBER 18, 2023 • By Brianna Halasa
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...

JULY 10, 2023 • By Reem Halasa
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.

MAY 22, 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...

MAY 22, 2023 • By Laëtitia Soula
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.

MARCH 20, 2023 • By Melissa Chemam
Egyptian “Fights for Culture” with International Guitar Festival

Egyptian “Fights for Culture” with International Guitar Festival

Laëtitia Soula talks to Talaat El Singaby, founder of one of the world's largest annual guitar festivals.

OCTOBER 3, 2022 • By Tugrul Mende
From “Anahita” to Ÿuma, Festival Arabesques Dazzles Thousands

From “Anahita” to Ÿuma, Festival Arabesques Dazzles Thousands

Writing from Montpellier, Angélique Crux highlights four musical performances in a Middle Eastern arts festival that has no...

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022 • By Sulafa Zidani
Nazareth’s Liwan Features Palestinian Singer Haya Zaatry

Nazareth’s Liwan Features Palestinian Singer Haya Zaatry

This month TMR's music critic Melissa Chemam discusses Palestinian arts and "cultural resistance" at Liwan in Nazareth, where...

FEBRUARY 21, 2022 • By Melissa Chemam
Electronic Music in Riyadh?

Electronic Music in Riyadh?

Music journalist Melissa Chemam turns in the first column as part of a new monthly series in which...

NOVEMBER 22, 2021 • By Melissa Chemam
Ode to the ‘Ud and Its Lovers

Ode to the ‘Ud and Its Lovers

No other instrument entrances quite like the ‘ud. Sherifa Zuhur presents a portrait of the world's notable ‘ud...

MARCH 21, 2021 • By Rana Haddad
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