Music
VIDEO: Cherif Triki – “Imagine”
Cherif Triki’s “Imagine” provides enough energy to color this black and white video. Triki takes us through a day in the Bay Area before... Read more
6Qs with MC Shadia Mansour
If Shadia Mansour weren’t the First Lady of Arabic Hip-Hop, she’d be a human rights lawyer with the superhuman ability to end all the world’s... Read more
VIDEO: Bad Brya – “On My Way”
We’re goin’ (FEN)TERNATIONAL with today’s video from Bad Brya, “On My Way.” The young Moroccan MC was born and raised in... Read more
FEN FIVE – MAY 2010
Leading off this month’s FEN FIVE is Toronto-based Arabesque featuring Nova Emad on “Caravan of Love.” We’re looking forward to... Read more
VIDEO: Arabesque – “Understand”
Toronto-based Arabesque just released this video last week. The second single off his upcoming album Nuclear Ambition, “Understand” tells... Read more
VIDEO PREMIERE: Outlandish – “Let Off Some Steam”
Ridwan Adhami does it again! After the success of their video for “Keep The Record On Play” it’s no wonder Outlandish came back to NYC... Read more
6Qs with Clarinetist Kinan Azmeh
In the last month alone, Kinan Azmeh has traveled with his music to New York, Berlin, Damascus, Washington, Limassol, Nicosia and Abu Dhabi. Born in Damascus,... Read more
6Qs with Hip-Hop Trio DAM
When brothers Tamer and Suheil Nafar and their friend Mahmoud Jreri started DAM (Da Arabic MCs) back in 1999, they had no idea that ten years later they’d... Read more
6Qs with Percussionist Simona Abdallah
Simona Abdallah is one of a handful of women in the world playing the tablah, the hand-drum used by Middle-Eastern ensembles. A Palestinian who grew up... Read more
LISTEN: Simona Abdallah – “Reach Out”
Have we mentioned how much we love to get it right? Simona Abdallah, the only Arab female percussionist, first appeared on FEN as part of the FEN in 2010:... Read more
