Emirates 24/7 Akon joins Arab artists for charity single Emirates 24/7 Artists featured on the song Tomorrow-Bokrasong include legendary Lebanese singer Majida El Roumi who wrote the Arabiclyrics, Kadim Al Sahir who worked on the music adaptation, Marwan Khoury(Lebanon), Sherine Abdel Wahab, Tamer Hosny...

Ha’aretz 32nd Acre Fringe Theater Festival /Time for a rethink Ha’aretz Even the music composed by Saeed Silbaq for "The Bilibilibel," which combined Western and Arabic music , did not for some reason merit any attention from the judges – and that is a pity. Read more here: 32nd...

Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Huffington Post (blog) We pass the shoe market, where hundreds of shoes hang from the ceilings on strings; the purse market, hanging by purse strings; the music mart, where the rich interdental consonants of Arabic songs consume the air; the...

Ha’aretz A universal voice Ha’aretz The lyrics of songs that have what could be called chauvinistic content were removed from the music, leaving behind only the beautiful familiar melody – an act of instrumental, yet powerfully reverberating protest. See original here: A universal...

PennLive.com (blog) Arab Culture Symposium to feature interactive dance, music and lecture workshops PennLive.com (blog) Immerse in the music, dance and culture of Arab customs as the Susquehanna Folk Music Society and the Unitarian Church of Harrisburg host a symposium with expert Karim Naji. Naji,...

Spanish villagers perform traditional Flamenco music in their local festival msnbc.com (blog) Children look on before performing in the music contest. Read the original here:  Spanish villagers perform traditional Flamenco music in their local festival – msnbc.com (blog)

Daily Nation Befitting send-off for fallen Tanzanian music maestro Daily Nation Distanced from common East Africa music that has been slightly influenced by Arabic music and also by the music of India, Indonesia and Polynesia, … and more » Original post:  Befitting send-off for fallen...

Waleg.com Adaweya and Haifa Wehbe Duet! Waleg.com … which I recently wrote an entry about is the upcoming duet between Adaweya -who recently returned to the music scene- and Lebanese singer Haifa Wehbe ! .. See original here: Adaweya and Haifa Wehbe Duet! – Waleg.com

DJ Dion signs a six-figure deal National “When I first got here, the music scene was quite stale,” he said. “R&B and Arabic music were pretty much the only types of music being played. See more here: DJ Dion signs a six-figure deal – National

DJ Dion is in the money, with six-figure deal National “When I first got here, the music scene was quite stale,” he said. “R&B and Arabic music were pretty much the only types of music being played. View original post here: DJ Dion is in the money, with six-figure deal – National