Egyptian music, with its deep emotional resonance and complex melodic structures, has long inspired artists around the world.Today, more than ever, global musicians are reaching into Egypt’s mus ...

Egyptian maestro and composer Hany Farahat performed a massive concert at the Sydney Opera House, one of the world's most prominent musical venues.

Marwan Moussa has become one of the biggest names in Arabic rap. Now, he's getting vulnerable and setting his sights even higher ...

Egyptian street music is the beat and the pulse behind the country's revolution.

Once the epicentre of music in the Arabic-speaking world, Egypt finds it increasingly hard to meet the financial needs of its local musicians, who are now looking to the Gulf states for more lucrative ...

Shahd Hesham, an oud player and teacher, plays the oud at Arabic Oud House in Cairo, Egypt, on Sept. 24, 2022. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa) A young Egyptian lady was playing a piece of music on the oud ...

The Egyptian describes performing their duet Maghreb as exhilarating, with the crowd's enthusiastic response confirming a hunger for fresh sounds from the Arab world - as also evidenced by ...

As Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep travels to Tunisia, Libya and Egypt, listen to this mix of music he will likely hear along his travels — from traditional folk music to underground hip-hop ...

Tthe fact that Arabic music finds itself slotted into the Israeli Music Festival lineup is a mark of how far things have progressed.

Heritage Music of the Arab World' is a series by Ahram Online, in partnership with the AMAR Foundation (Foundation for Arab ...