LONDON — Pepsi is branching out into the film biz by producing what is set to become the biggest budget Arab musical of all time. “Bahr Al Nujoom,” Arabic for sea of stars, features a line-up of some ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yasmina Joumblatt, the granddaughter of the legendary singer Asmahan, and Gabriel Yared, a Lebanese composer, perform during the ...

The University of Minnesota’s Arab Band showcases the unique complexity of Arabic music and is looking to continue performing at events on and off campus. The Arab Band implements Arabic music by ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Ziad Rahbani, the Lebanese composer and musician who created a distinct Lebanese sound from Western and Arabic musical roots, and whose sardonic critique of the country's sectarian ...

Danny Hajjar has always been surrounded by Arabic music. He grew up in the U.S., but his parents are both Lebanese immigrants who had it on all the time. DANNY HAJJAR: So it's really intrinsic to who ...

A shared spirit of musical exploration unites the diverse group of musicians behind the upcoming performance of REMIX: New Sounds from Arab Lands. The artists will come to campus this week for a three ...

Universal Music Group has announced the launch of Universal Arabic Music (UAM), a newly created label dedicated to discovering, introducing and championing the artists, sounds and rich musical culture ...

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 ...

Founded by refugee musicians, a music institute in Southern Turkey tries to revive forgotten Syrian classics and integrate Turkish and Syrian cultures with music the two have shared for centuries.