Ibrahim Maalouf plays a four-valve trumpet — most just have three. The extra valve, attached to the button a trumpeter pushes down, allows the Lebanese musician to play quarter-tones — the notes ...

Two decades and counting into a career in which he’s established himself as one of the Middle East’s most acclaimed instrumentalists, you’d forgive Dubai-based oudist and guitarist Kamal Musallam if ...

Fujairah: The Fujairah Cultural and Media Authority (FCMA) is set to host an event to celebrate a traditional musical instrument favoured by poet-singers throughout the Arab world early next month.

When you think of bagpipes you think of Scotland right? The truth is, you shouldn’t. While it has never been pin-pointed, most academics believe you shouldn’t look much farther than the Middle East.

Spreading the melody of Arab music through a little-known instrument On television, classical Arab instruments, I have found, are usually played by middle-aged to older gentlemen and as part of an ...

'They have all the money in the world' but 'biology is undefeated': Kara Swisher on tech billionaires' pursuit of longevity ...

Palestinian American father-daughter duo Fuad Foty and Fairouz Foty are pillars of Arab American culture in D.C. The result of their 35 years of activism, cultural celebration, and building solidarity ...