Al-Bab, Syria – In a small workshop where the scent of wood and sound of music blend, Hassan Hamza works to make one of the most important instruments in Arabic music. The 67-year-old is one of the ...

DUBAI: As his fingers swept over the 11 strings of his oud, the late Syrian-Egyptian composer and singer Farid Al-Atrash healed broken hearts and inspired beautiful love stories. Al-Atrash, dubbed the ...

Iraqi virtuoso brings new orchestral arrangements as the ensemble enters its second season ...

DUBAI: On a small street in Beirut, the sound of an oud drifts through the open doors of a small restaurant called Orenda. Inside, all eyes turn to Joe Kamel as his melody takes over, replacing the ...

Ziv Yehezkel is a man full of contradictions. He is at once a deeply religious Jewish man, but also a zealous lover of Arabic music. The soloist of Arab Orchestra of Nazareth, the 31 year-old was born ...

After eating Arab cuisine and listening to musician Ronnie Malley play the oud on stage, Northwestern’s Middle Eastern and North African Student Association shared Arabic-based poems with each other ...

The world-renowned National Arab Orchestra returns to Concert of Colors for its second year. Ahead of the orchestra’s performance, One Detroit contributor Cecelia Sharpe of 90.9 WRCJ sat down with ...

Wissam Joubran admits that he spends more time in his instrument-making atelier than in his actual home. Sometimes, he is even there at 4 o’clock in the morning. Tucked away in the tranquil 15th ...

Thinking back on the Arabic music I listened to throughout my childhood, not many songs come to mind. However, one of the few songs I do remember clearly is “Kellon Aandon Sayarat,” a song that I’m ...