The Daily Star A summer of musical diversity en route to Lebanon The Daily Star This year's Baalbeck International Festival (June 29-July 15) has bet on diversity, setting a program of Latin-American, Arabic , Lebanese and Italian music at the so-called Bacchus Temple. Among the slate of performers will be Chico and the Gypsies, ..
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Songs of laughter and celebrations filled my family home The National She would sing to me when I was in her womb, so I guess my love for music began before I was born. I inherited a good voice from my mother, as did one of my sisters. Believe it or not, I even recorded an Arabic pop album in 2001.
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Noisecreep Serj Tankian on Being Eclectic, Growing Up in Lebanon and His Relationship … Noisecreep The first type of music I was exposed to was cultural Armenian music.
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New York Times (blog) In Search of Kolkata's Lost Jazz Scene New York Times (blog) “ Musicians for that moment in time respect each other, and allow communication and dialogue to move to a level that most of us can only aspire to,” he said. Mr
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Theatre Company Performs Cymbeline in London AllAfrica.com The SSTC performance incorporated traditional song and dance, which received a very positive reaction from the audience. Despite Juba Arabic being incomprehensible for much of the audience, the strength of the actors performances made the course of the …
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Best Bets: Places to go, things to do in SouthCoast this week SouthCoastToday.com The audience will enjoy music by the Mitchell Kaltsunas Ensemble, led by the region's premier Arabic vocalist and oudist. 2 to 5 pm at the Middleboro Lodge of Elks, 24 High St.
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South Sudan Theatre Company perform Cymbeline in London Sudan Tribune The SSTC performance incorporated traditional song and dance, which received a very positive reaction from the audience.
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South Sudan Theatre Company perform Cymbeline in London – Sudan Tribune
Goddess of rock/metal Free Malaysia Today Hera's Heidi Habib deserves to be celebrated as a woman who has created a new platform for Arabian music . HERA is Heidi Habib's one-woman band
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The Age Thomas Friedman: There's another Arab Spring in high-tech startups Anchorage Daily News By THOMAS FRIEDMAN AMMAN, Jordan — Fortunately, there is another Arab Spring going on alongside the drama in the streets of Cairo and Damascus.
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New Straits Times Techies at helm of 'new Arab Spring' New Straits Times By Thomas L. Friedman 0 comments FORTUNATELY, there is another Arab Spring going on alongside the drama in the streets of Cairo and Damascus. It is an explosion of start-ups by young Arab techies
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