If there's one word that Natacha Atlas' fans use most often to describe the singer, it's "goddess" - as in "Natacha is such a frigging goddess!" (a YouTube comment) and "She's the goddess of funky ...

The Israeli singer and the Radiohead guitarist team up with artists from across the Middle East to tackle a range of Arabic love songs, in an act of concerted musical bridge-building. Save this story ...

One of our favorite rising pop stars, Faouzia, has a much more jaded anthem to contribute. Last night she dropped “RIP Love,” a Moroccan-inflected bop that brings some of Faouzia’s own Arabic cultural ...

Shakira has revealed that she would like to record an album of Arabic-language songs. Recording a full-length LP in Arabic would prove to be a "challenge" because she doesn't speak the language, but ...

This December, Abu Dhabi hosts the debut of Antar and Abla, the first-ever Arabic-language opera In just a few weeks, one of ...

Modern Arabic popular music is rarely concerned with the noise inside. For decades, singers and songwriters across the region have written about heartbreak, love, longing and faith, but rarely about ...