Financial Times Lebanon film star aims to raise its billing Financial Times Many Lebanese artists pursue a similar path as soon as they see another music video of Nancy Ajram , a pop singer, or inspiring commercials. Ms Labaki is trying to establish her own film style by using non-professional actors...

Global out-Reach here Abbotsford Times A passionate student of flamenco since his teens, Thibault discovered Arabic music through its connection to flamenco and was inspired to master the oud, a key instrument in the repertoire of French North Africa. View original here:  Global out-Reach here –...

gulfnews.com We applaud: The staff band of ADMC gulfnews.com Students sang classical Arabic songs , Arabic rap and 'Western' songs, which included Frank Sinatra's Fly Me to the Moon, Everything by Michael Buble and Michael Jackson's Will you Be There. Audience members' mouths were...

Opera Queen Khaleej Times “My father is largely responsible for nurturing my appreciation and love for classical Arabic music and legends like Mohammed Abdel Wahab and Umm Kalthoum. In fact, I'm pretty sure my father is mainly responsible for most of my music genes,” she says. … See the...

Arab Times Kuwait English Daily No right, no wrong when writing music Sweat, blood bring dreams to reality Arab Times Kuwait English Daily It was a good boost to get into music. Read more: No right, no wrong when writing music Sweat, blood bring dreams to reality – Arab Times Kuwait English...

Broadcasting Martyrdom FrontPage Magazine “Birds of Paradise” (Tuyur al-Janna in Arabic ) does not sound offensive; Google it and you will undoubtedly come upon a song titled “When We Die As Martyrs” (Lama Nestashed in Arabic , also translated as “When We Seek Martyrdom”), an upbeat music...

New York Times Mystical Morocco Bursting With Tribal Rhythm New York Times Gnawa music has distinct regional styles with different tunings and melodic inflections; the repertory has songs in pentatonic scales akin to West African music and the blues, as well as songs that use Arabic -sounding modes....

Flamenco festival comes to Qatar Gulf Times The director of the programme, Tomas Rodriguez-Pantoja, has a wealth of experience in playing and hosting Flamenco music performances around the world. He explained that there are three basic elements to Flamenco music, Andalucian music, Arabic music …...

Dinner and a movie? Nah, here are some more places for dinner and a show The Province On Cambie Street, the Kino Cafe hosts flamenco dancers while East is East, with locations on West Broadway and Main Street, presents mystic evenings of live classical Indian music , Turkish, Arabic and flamenco fusion...

'Japanese Music Project' on May 10 Arab Times On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Kuwait and Japan, the Embassy of Japan in Kuwait and Dar al-Athar Al-Isamiyyah will co-organize the 'Japanese Music Project' — in collaboration with Arabic Traditional...