Items related to Arab Music

Ammar al-Sherei left us, but his legacy lives on
Fayrouz Karawya 09 Dec 2012
Famous Egyptian musician, composer, arranger and critic Ammar al-Sherei sadly passed away on Friday at the age of 64,...
Acclaimed Egyptian musician passes away at age of 64
Egypt Independent 07 Dec 2012
Acclaimed Egyptian musician Ammar al-Sherei passed away on Friday afternoon at the age of 64. He was transferred to the...
Lebanese artist Oumeima El Khalil performing live at El Genaina Theater
Searching for a new musical inspiration
Ola El-Saket 29 Jul 2012
Last weekend, Lebanese singer Oumeima El Khalil performed with composer and pianist Hani Siblini for two consecutive...
AMAR’s music archive has expanded to include thousands of old music records.
Let the music play on: Arab music from the turn of the century finally finds a home
Mai Elwakil 22 Jul 2012
In the mountainous Lebanese village of Qurnet al-Hamra is a musicians’ haven: a state-of-the-art studio...
Zeid Hamdan and Maryam Saleh jamming at Eka3.
Lebanese and Egyptian music sensations perform in Cairo
Maha ElNabawi 07 Jun 2012
Upon meeting Lebanese music producer Zeid Hamdan, it’s easy to understand why he is becoming one of the most...
  Clocking in at a little under 20 minutes, and with only six songs, Mashrou' Leila's "El Hal Romancy" (The Solution is Romantic) is more of an EP than a fully fledged album, yet it still feels like a complete - if maddeningly short - work
The obsessions of Mashrou Leila
Abdel-Rahman Hussein 20 May 2012
I first heard of Mashrou Leila sometime last year, after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak. There was a YouTube clip of one...
Mourners carry the coffin of Algerian singer Warda draped with the Algerian and Egyptian flags during a funeral prayer in Cairo before her body was repatriated for burial in her homeland Algeria on May 18, 2012. Warda, who died in Cairo aged 72 late on May 17, was a regional icon whose powerful patriotic tunes were matched in popularity by her romantic ballads.
Legendary singer Warda dies in Cairo aged 72
AFP 18 May 2012
Algerian singer Warda, whose powerful vocal range and patriotic songs earned her legendary status...
On 9 March, NooNeswa group started plastering stenciled images of powerful Egyptian women with thought-provoking quotes around Arab al-Maadi neighborhood. One showed the legendary Oum Kalthoum, singing a line from her famous take on “The Ruins” by poet Ibrahim Nagi, “Give me my freedom, set loose my chains.”
Spirit of iconic singer missing in ‘Om Kalthoum Digital’
Amir Zaky 29 Mar 2012
On Tuesday evening, an image of a young Om Kalthoum highlighted the screen of al-Hanager Theater’s stage. Musical...
Quincy Jones has recently turned his attention to the Arab world with a new super group single “Tomorrow/Bokra,” produced with Emirati Entrepreneur Badr Jafar, and gathering together a cast of 24 Arab pop stars from 12 countries.
The strange comfort of super group charity singles
Helen Stuhr-Rommereim 26 Nov 2011
There is an uncanny consistency to super group charity singles. Whether it is Sting, Michael Jackson, or Tamer Hosny...
The 20th Arab Music Festival opened on Friday at the Cairo Opera House paying tribute to the revolutions of the Arab Spring.
Rousing patriotic pageantry at the 20th Arab Music Festival
Helen Stuhr-Rommereim 12 Nov 2011
The 20th Arab Music Festival and Conference opened Friday evening at the Cairo Opera House with a dramatic pageant of...