Twenty-nine years ago, when Nai Barghouti was born and her parents named her after the nay, the famous Middle Eastern flute, ...

The childhood home of beloved Lebanese icon Fairuz will showcase her lifelong work in music and film, in a project put on ...

There are some names in the Arab world that have become synonymous with the region’s culture and history. Nizar Qabbani is one of them. But who was Qabbani and why is his legacy important? Qabbani was ...

TYRE, Lebanon — After more than a year of fighting between Israel and the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah, displaced Lebanese villagers long to return to their homes. But now, there could be ...

The series includes the late beloved singer Umm Kulthum, distinguished writer Tawfiq Al-Hakim and the legendary composer Mohammed Abdel Wahab, as well as two living icons: Farouk Hosny, Egypt’s former ...

Trump gave his inaugural address, although she sang a cappella. Opera singer Christopher Macchio performed "O America!" at the beginning and then the national anthem at the end of the ceremony.

Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Melba Montgomery, a country singer known for her duets with George Jones, Gene Pitney and Charlie Louvin, has died. She was 86. Her death was confirmed by her ...

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The country singers Carrie Underwood and Lee Greenwood and the tenor Christopher Macchio are all scheduled to sing at the swearing-in ceremony. By Jon Pareles Current pop hitmakers won’t be ...

Musical icons Mohammed Abdo and Andrea Bocelli performed together, blending Gulf and Italian sounds. Lebanese singer Wael Kfoury and Canadian artist Michael Buble collaborated on a striking rendition ...

Another The Masked Singer UK contestant has been revealed as the hit ITV competition continues. And though they all blew us away with their singing, sadly, it was time to say goodbye to one of the ...

If any artist embodied a supernova in 2024, it was Chappell Roan. At once flamboyant and introverted, the pop singer from Willard, Missouri (population 6,300) burst into the mainstream with her ...