RUPA welcomes Middle Eastern culture to coffeehouse RU Daily Targum Students listen to Arabic music Friday at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus as part of the Rutgers University Programming Association's “Arabian Nights Coffeehouse” event. With tapestries and candles, the...

Prefixmag Habibi: Prefix Artist To Watch Prefixmag The band name, Habibi, translates as "my love" in Arabic , right? Outside of your Persian ancestry and Lenny's love of Middle Eastern culture, how does "my love" work its way into your music ? Well, the music is certainly full...

The Guardian Attab Haddad Ensemble Days Distinctive The Guardian Central to Middle Eastern music , the lute-like oud has become increasingly popular in world fusion. On this brilliantly realised debut, London-based Attab Haddad gives a masterclass in the instrument's possibilities, drawing from...

BAM: Kyle Dillingham celebrates the season with Christmas album NewsOK.com “Taqsim Maryam” features his friend and frequent collaborator Callen Clarke playing the oud, a stringed instrument often used in Middle Eastern music . Originally posted here:  BAM: Kyle Dillingham celebrates the season...

TIME 8 Ways to Better Enjoy the Nutcracker TIME There are lovely evocations of musical cultures in them, highlighting different instruments: listen for the trumpets and castanets in the Spanish dance; the strings and clarinets assuming the voices of Middle Eastern oud and ney in the Arabic dance; …...

Tip sheet and it's a date Montreal Gazette The Shield of Athena holds information sessions in Arabic for women coming from Middle Eastern communities. They also offer sessions in Farsi. View original post here:  Tip sheet and it’s a date – Montreal Gazette

Yousuf Ali, the great scholar of Qur'an Arab News The English shall be, not a mere substitution of one word for another, but the best expression I can give to the fullest meaning which I can understand from the Arabic text. The rhythm, music , and exalted tone of the original should be reflected...

Lectures and other events of interest Montreal Gazette The Shield of Athena holds information sessions in Arabic for women coming from Middle Eastern communities. Read the original post: Lectures and other events of interest – Montreal Gazette

University Percussion Ensemble goes global WMU News … today's music marketplace. The program features a sample of the rhythms and techniques the percussion students have studied this semester, including West African percussion, Japanese taiko drumming, Arabic percussion and Middle Eastern...

gulfnews.com Haifa Wehbe returns to Dubai club scene gulfnews.com One of the most famous singers of the Arab world, Wehbe will be performing live at Cavalli Club on November 30 at a lavish evening of dinner, drinks and dance. A special Haute Cuisine menu will accompany the night of Middle Eastern music...