It is Friday night in Beirut's Nova nightclub. The music is booming, the Lebanese crowd jumping around and belting out lyrics to favourite tunes. But close your eyes, and it is hard to remember that ...

Her most famous song, "Batwanes Beek," begins with string instruments creating a typical sound of Arab orchestras. The song ...

At the Elie Saba Studio, Lebanese singer Madeline Mattar recorded her latest song titled “Ahl Al Gharam” (People of love). The song is written by Saudi poet Sarah Al Hajery and composed by Egyptian ...

Al Majaz Amphitheatre in the emirate of Sharjah is set to host an extraordinary night of Arabic music as it welcomes two of ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In a whitewashed Nissen hut rehearsal room at Real World studios, in Wiltshire summer sunshine that rivals ...