4/8-10: Arizona Opera's 'Abduction' is a cultural mashup AZ Central.com "Sting borrowed certain parts of Algerian raï music for his 'Desert Rose' album (with singer Cheb Mami), making a Western mix of Arabic and pop music ,' " Post says. That mix runs from World Music to Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project to the Kronos Quartet's … and more »

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Armenia: Iranian Tourists Let Loose in Yerevan for Novruz EurasiaNet Restaurants and clubs in Yerevan now offer menus in Farsi, while Iranian and Arab music plays in the background.

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Armenia: Iranian Tourists Let Loose in Yerevan for Novruz EurasiaNet Restaurants and clubs in Yerevan now offer menus in Farsi, while Iranian and Arab music plays in the background. “We look forward to these concerts the whole year, and only during these days and only outside our country do we get a chance to enjoy them ..

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Album: Watcha Clan, Radio Babel (Piranha) The Independent The diverse make-up of Marseille-based Watcha Clan's French- Arabic crossover groove music is neatly reflected in the racial background of singer Sista K, daughter of an Ashkenazi Jewish Polish mother and a Sephardic Jewish Berber father …

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Tablet Magazine Blues and Roots Tablet Magazine Avital's parents felt comfortable watching Omer play jazz, which resonated with Arab music's tradition of incantation, improvisation, and trance-inducing rhythms.

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How to change NPR Allentown Morning Call So WDIY, please — in addition to non-interrupted classical music from 9 am to noon; "Fresh Air with Terry Gross"; the blues, world rhythms, Indian/ Arabic /Jewish music hours; swing, jazz, electronic, folk Celtic, doo-wop; "On the Media"; "Headline News …

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Serenity on Division Pacific Northwest Inlander You can't see the traffic on Division, and the Arabic music almost makes you forget it's there at all. Be prepared to roll up your sleeves. Moroccan food is traditionally eaten with your hands

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Serenity on Division Pacific Northwest Inlander You can't see the traffic on Division, and the Arabic music almost makes you forget it's there at all. Be prepared to roll up your sleeves.

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ArabDetroit: A digital powerplayer in the Arab -American community Arab News Every day it changes on a daily basis, talks about the contributions that came from the Arab world to the West.” There is also a 24/7 digital internet radio station, offering all kinds of Arabic music with no commercials. David said it's so popular …

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Spectator.co.uk Libya diary: Tobruk Spectator.co.uk Twelve different checks later and I'm in Free Libya, hurling down the road to Tobruk at 100 mph, with Arabic music blasting away. This place is firmly held rebel territory and most journalists have moved towards the battlefields further west

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