Oman's opera house is a dazzling sight at night. I'm standing on one side of a spotless expanse of white marble. Across the plaza is a building straight out of a modern Arabian Nights, all illuminated ...

Her most famous song, "Batwanes Beek," begins with string instruments creating a typical sound of Arab orchestras. The song ...

Danny Hajjar has always been surrounded by Arabic music. He grew up in the U.S., but his parents are both Lebanese immigrants who had it on all the time. DANNY HAJJAR: So it's really intrinsic to who ...

In the days after Sept. 11, Arab musicians across the Middle East and in Chicago felt shock and revulsion regarding the attacks. They also feared personal retaliation. Many were also frustrated that ...

This Thursday, the Mid-Eastern Dance Exchange (MEDE) is hosting its seventh annual Orientalia festival, a yearly event that draws hundreds of people to see belly-dance performances and participate in ...

MARTINEZ — Wednesday evenings are music nights at the Martinez home of Yosifah Rose and Nathan Craver. It’s a time when their longhair black cat, Sophia, situates herself in the middle of the living ...

Percussion Group Davis and the Empyrean Ensemble, both part of the Department of Music, are presenting free concerts Saturday and next week. Also, the Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble presents a free ...

After 78 years, no damned hurricane — or even four of them — is gonna put the kibosh on Opa-locka’s Arabian Nights Festival. Originally scheduled for mid-September, the long-running shindig was ...

Fawzi Haimor is the new music director of the Marin Symphony — only the fourth in its 74-year history. Born in Chicago in 1983, Haimor’s extensive résumé includes three years as music director of ...

'From Ocean to Gulf: Heritage Music of the Arab World' is a series by Ahram Online, in partnership with the AMAR Foundation (Foundation for Arab Music Archiving and Research). In this article, we ...