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Chicago Arabesque Festival Highlights
Over 50,000 people came together last weekend to celebrate Arab culture of the Arab at the 4th Annual Chicago Arabesque Festival at Daley Plaza, in the... Read more
Where Trumpets Trump AK-47s…
◄ Back Next ► Photos from opening night courtesy Amira Radwan >> I once said that... Read more
K’naan at Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH
K’naan recently closed his spring U.S. tour at the Newport Music Hall in Columbus, OH. The nine city tour was co-headlined by Wale and supported... Read more
Gaida’s Levantine Indulgence
One listen to any track off Gaida’s debut album Levantine Indulgence and you’ll agree that whoever dubbed her the “Syrian Nightingale”... Read more
VIDEO: Omar Offendum – “The Fortuneteller”
What Omar Offendum has done with this song (off his upcoming album SyrianamericanA) is brilliant. Not only has he translated and interpreted one of Nizar... Read more
Arab-American Artists to Watch at SXSW
One of the biggest and maybe the most enjoyable music-turned-multimedia festivals of the year, South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, TX has become the place... Read more
VIDEO: Salma Khshaiboun Covers Fairouz, Beautifully
Of all the wonderful music we heard last week at The New York Arabic Orchestra’s benefit concert for Haiti, this might have been our favorite —... Read more
Freestyle 101 with The Narcicyst
In the beginning, a freestyle was a rap written about no particular subject — free of style or concept — solely for the purpose of demonstrating skill.... Read more
Backstage at Arabs Gone Wild in D.C.
A sold out Lisner Auditorium in Washington, D.C. was full of laughs on Saturday night for the US kick-off of the Arabs Gone Wild Comedy Tour. FEN caught... Read more
VIDEO: Bassam Saba Ensemble live at Joe’s Pub NYC
A couple weeks ago, a packed Joe’s Pub saw a very special performance by the Bassam Saba Ensemble as they celebrated the release of their long-anticipated... Read more
