Who’s topping charts?: Meira Omar’s 'Dooset Daram' leads user-rated Arabic pop singles with a high score, showing strong listener engagement early in the year. Where to listen?: Curated playlists from ...

ALBAWABA - Following consultations with a panel of scholars, music journalists, industry experts, historians, and artists, ...

Nancy Ajram, the Lebanese icon who is often called the queen of Arab pop, gives an exclusive interview to Rolling Stone.

Encompassing dozens of countries inhabited by close to 500 million people, the Arab world is enormously diverse, and its music reflects that. Our list of the 50 best Arabic pop songs of the 21st ...

Syed was a reporter for TIME, based in the London bureau. In London’s Jazz Cafe, the sound of Egyptian legend Umm Kulthum’s song Alf Leila Wleila is reverberating around an atmosphere of anticipation.

This transcript is from a CSIS podcast published on December 26, 2023. Listen to the podcast here. Jon Alterman: Danny Hajjar is a Lebanese American music journalist and curator of the weekly ...

At a time when Arabic rap still lacked commercial infrastructure, regional media attention, and organized label support, ...