Scottish duo Arab Strap (Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton) have announced a new album, Half-Told Tales, and shared its first single, “You You You,” which tackles aging, among other things, with ...

Work, boss. Thank you for coming in. Oh, I'm working today? Yeah man. [chuckles] Oh, habibi, no. [laughs] All right. My day off. We're on the rooftop at the Dabney, the beautiful garden. They got a ...

Arabic pop, Egyptian rock, Indian fusion and familiar cartoon themes feature across the summer programme ...

Alexandria’s summer isn’t just about beach days and sunset walks on the Corniche. Every August, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival turns the city into one giant stage, bringing ...

Legendary Malaysian composers Alfonso Soliano and Datuk Johari Salleh are the focus of two archival vinyl releases arriving this August from a Berlin-based label ...

Arab family businesses are not a footnote to the region’s economic story: they are much of the story itself. Across MENA, family-owned and family-run enterprises play a big role in the private-sector ...

Originally launched in France in 1982, Fête de la Musique is celebrated annually around 21 June in more than 100 countries. In Egypt, recent editions have evolved into a large free public festival ...

If you like Nia Archives and need more drum-and-bass powered pop in your life, check out London trio Ebbb who will release their debut album Shallow Hits on July 10 via Ninja Tune. “Shallow Hits” is ...

Ramy Youssef stopped by Sesame Street last week to celebrate Arab American Heritage Month with Elmo — and teach the red Muppet some Arabic words, like “habibi” and “salamu alaykum.” The comedian’s ...

For the first time in history, eight Arab teams have qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2026 – an extraordinary milestone for the region. Not so long ago, a single Arab nation qualifying for the FIFA ...

Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar has been a huge success ever since its release in the theatres. The movie had a stellar cast, an entertaining and gripping storyline, romance, action, and everything combined ...

A second season of Love is Blind: Habibi and a TV version of hit YouTube film-turned feature AlKhallat+ have been unveiled on a Netflix slate from the MENA region. The projects that “champion bold ...