Financial Times Revolutionary voice Financial Times “We didn't know his name yet,” she says of Mohamed Bouazizi, the vegetable seller whose desperate protest triggered the Arab spring. “But I dedicated my songs to the young man who'd set himself alight, and the town that was fighting for...

Financial Times Revolutionary voice Financial Times “We didn't know his name yet,” she says of Mohamed Bouazizi, the vegetable seller whose desperate protest triggered the Arab spring. “But I dedicated my songs to the young man who'd set himself alight, and the town that was fighting for...

Egypt's NEZAL Entertainment turns a social revolution into social play [interview] Gamezebo Another important factor that we took in consideration is the steady growth of Arabic language users on Facebook after Facebook's decision to add it. View original post here: Egypt’s NEZAL Entertainment...

Ethiopian, Yemeni releases show it's a small world after all Richmond Times Dispatch The album above is based on classical Arabic traditions. One of the most performed and translated pieces of music in the world is "It's a Small World," composed by Richard and Robert Sherman (Robert...

Lower Internet tariff to boost Arabic content growth: official Gulf Times … Arabic language digital content generation, Ebrahim al-Haddad, regional director, Arab States – ITU, said that online digital content goes beyond written documents and pictures, including everything from streamed television...

Just announced at Mayne Stage: comedian Hal Sparks Windy City Times This collaborative endeavor has a delectable line-up of music and dance numbers including Indian, Flamenco and Arabic beats that promises to be a connoisseur's delight. The evening will feature original acoustic instruments –...

New York Times ' Song From the Uproar' at the Kitchen New York Times Eberhardt learned Arabic , converted to Islam, dressed as a man to travel freely, survived an assassination attempt and died in a flash flood after saving her Algerian soldier husband from the same fate. But in “ Song From...

Khaleej Times Are these notes fading Oud? Khaleej Times With popular music taking more space on the younger generation's iPods and music players, musicians , shop owners and teachers say a lot more has to be done to save and popularise traditional music See original here:  Are these notes fading...

The Times of Israel Near-lynch of soldiers 'not nationalistic,' police say The Times of Israel New testimony suggests the soldiers initially asked the group of 12-20 young men to lower the Arabic music coming from their cars. When the request was ignored, the soldiers, who were on weekend leave,...

Just Good Times with JGT in Rochester Beaver County Times Hear for yourself Saturday when John Galt Theory debuts its six- song CD at Hollywood Gardens in Rochester. That's a nice, intimate setting for an acoustic-based duo whose members admit they don't quite know how to categorize their music...