Wolf comes calling from Lebanon to Africa and beyond Vernon Morning Star His cultural identity can be heard on his last album, Nightlife, nominated for a 2011 Juno for R&B/Soul Recording of the Year, with its first hit single, Yalla Habibi, Arabic for “let's go.” “It must be the first...

Wikeez Nancy Ajram Wins World Music Awards Wikeez For the second time, Nancy Ajram wins the World Music Awards for her album "N7". Nancy Ajram won the World Music Award for her hit album "N7" which was a success throughout the Middle East. Unfortunately, there will be no award ceremony...

Culture Capital celebrations set Gulf Daily News By ALICIA DE HALDEVANG , Posted on » Monday, January 09, 2012 A SERIES of cultural exhibitions, shows, music and fairs will take place in Bahrain this year to celebrate Manama being named Arab Capital of Culture 2012. See the original post here:  Culture...

Wikeez Layali Dubai Festival Kicks Off January 12th Wikeez Stars and celebrities will sing in Layali Duabi Festival, and Fadel Shaker is the first to take the stage. The agenda of “Layali Duabi Festival” is almost ready for the year 2012, where the festival kicks off in days, on the 12th of January...

Al-Bawaba 2012 stars predictions Al-Bawaba As for Lebanese singer Elissa , Hassan stated that she will witness significant success at the beginning of the year and will be in a fierce competition with another female singer. He predicted that the second half of the year a man Elissa is … Excerpt...

2011 – Summary of the Cultural Boycott of Israel for Musicians ABNA.ir [17] Hosam Hayak, a regular performer at the Jerusalem Oud Festival, chose this year to cancel, making a press release in Arabic on his facebook notes.[18] In another boost to the cultural boycott, John Michael McDonagh, director...

Khaleej Times Much ado about arts Khaleej Times With names such as Eric Clapton, Britney Spears, Metallica, Stevie Wonder, Shakira and Amr Diab , the Yas Arena reverberated with the sound of music this year. While Amy Winehouse's performance was abysmal, Westlife set the feet tapping. See original...

ArabianBusiness.com Music giant MTV launches Middle East website ArabianBusiness.com The media network, which turned 30 this year, will offer the site in English and Arabic and hopes to bolster its popularity among the region's booming youth population. The site will also offer celebrity news and...

Wikeez Will Shatha Hassoun Get Married by the End of this Year? Wikeez Iraqi singer Shatha Hassoun spoke of her relationship with Rotana, and said that she does get pampered according to her personality and what suits her, and that she can never compare herself to Najwa Karam who has been with Rotana...

Occupy parliament, with song Al-Masry Al-Youm The dominant musical genres used in campaigning were either the mawwal (traditional vocal music sung in colloquial Arabic and used in storytelling) or religious chanting. But this year, with the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics …...