Wikeez Elissa Shines In Dubai, Sings For Mothers In Beirut Wikeez Elissa is finalizing her new album, which is expected to be released early this summer by Rotana. Lebanese diva Elissa attended the 2nd Nations Cup Polo Challenge 2012 at the Dubai Desert Palm Golf Club. View original here: Elissa Shines...

Arab League meeting to condemn Syria brutality The Independent I've always been a big fan of Acid House music – it was the soundtrack to the Summer Of Love in 1988… The Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad looked dangerously isolated last night, with a wall of regional opposition steadily building...

Symphonic Ensemble Munich to play in Jeddah Arab News … Kreusch and Cornelius Claudio Kreusch — two of Germany's finest artists in guitar and piano — gave an enthralling concert with musicians from all over Arabia, fusing European classical music and contemporary jazz with Arabic sounds...

China Daily Happy-go-lucky China Daily In the summer of 2004, Ono released NAIMA-meu anjo, a collection of African and Arabic songs , done in a bossa nova style. For her album Asia, Ono reinterpreted Asian classics with bossa nova. For her upcoming Beijing concert, she will sing classic … See...

Al-Arabiya London hosts first festival of Arab culture Arab News This event includes talks, discussions, exhibitions and walks about architecture, visual arts, performance, literature and, of course, music . With the concert entitled A Musical Revolution into the Arab World being the opening event of...

Al-Arabiya Arab Spring in London Summer: Even if for just three weeks. By Ray Moseley Al-Arabiya Three new generation stars in Arabic music culture will perform—Zeid Hamdan of Beirut, Abu Ghazaleh of Palestine and Maryam Saleh of Egypt Excerpt from:  Arab Spring in London Summer: Even if for just...

Cairo's Electronica scene boom, boom, booms Ahram Online Kamel is currently preparing to release an Arabic album, entitled Mamnou' El Intizar. More here: Cairo’s Electronica scene boom, boom, booms – Ahram Online

The Daily Star All work and little play for Lebanese students this summer The Daily Star Sitting next to her, her friend Elissa Nasreddine has a different plan, which seems strangely more attractive. “Shisha,” she says, pointing at the narguileh she's smoking while chatting. At Universite Saint-Joseph...

Singing, Dancing, Jordanian Folkloric Performances, and Face Painting on the … Al-Bawaba The Jordanian artist, Saad Abu Tayeh, entertained the Jordanian and Arab attendees, who gathered in Al Hussein Parks, Jordanian national and Arabic songs , … Here is the original: Singing, Dancing,...

AFP Iraqis flock to Kurdistan to beat the summer heat AFP … a form of mayhem rarely seen in post-invasion Iraq: packed cafes, parks overrun with visitors, and the air filled with popular Arabic and Kurdish music . See the rest here:  Iraqis flock to Kurdistan to beat the summer heat –...