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  • Sudanese Camirata troupe founder Dafallah el-Hag performs during a show at the Russian culture center in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (Photo: Picture Alliance /AP /Amr Nabil)
    Sudanese music in Cairo

    Finding joy in the face of war

    While war rages at home, for Sudanese wedding singers in exile in Cairo, celebration has become a form of resistance.

  • Four Gnaoua musicians walk through Essaouira with castanets and in red robes decorated with yellow and green embroidery.
    Moroccan Gnawa festival

    A Sufi tradition on the world stage

    A festival in Morocco is bringing Gnawa music to the mainstream. Shaped by migration, slavery and a long struggle for recognition, the once marginalised Sufi tradition is now internationally renowned.

  • 4 men on stage, one plays a guitar and three are holding percussion instruments in the air.
    "Live in the Khaleej!" by Boom.Diwan

    A love letter to an ancient tradition

    Boom.Diwan's album with Arturo O'Farrill fuses Kuwaiti pearl diving music with jazz, shedding light on the Gulf region's complex musical and social history.

  • Five men in dark robes face the camera.
    New album "Ajdad" by Amir Amiri Ensemble

    Echoes of a shared past

    On the album "Ajdad", Montreal-based Iranian composer and santur master Amir Amiri seeks to reunite Arabic and Persian musical traditions, historically divided by repression and conflict.

  • The face of a woman is projected onto a wall made of large stone blocks.
    Fairuz

    Songs for a Lebanon that never existed

    Lebanese singer Fairuz, now a 90-year-old icon, began her career 70 years ago with mould-breaking musical theatre. Setting artistic milestones alongside the Rahbani brothers, she soundtracked the history of Lebanon through an era marked by suffering and war.

  • Three members of El Khat sit on the ground and on pieces of rubble in front of a white wall.
    Album "Mute" by El Khat

    On the edge of anarchy

    The Berlin-based Yemenite-Israeli band El Khat use handmade instruments to create a chaotic blend of styles and traditions. Behind the raucous noise, they explore themes of silencing, conflict and displacement.

  • Syrian music band from Ottoman Aleppo, mid-18th century
    The universal language of music

    Music dossier: Tuning in to the unfamiliar

    An independent, modern music scene has long since developed in the Islamic world and Europe. Breaking with convention, it is a far cry from belly dance and folklore cliches. In this dossier, we present some of its leading protagonists, genres and events

  • Brice Bottin and Yousra Mansour lead the French-Moroccan band Bab L’Bluz
    French-Moroccan band Bab L'Bluz

    Morocco's electrifying abundance

    Swaken is the title of the second album from French-Moroccan quartet Bab L'Bluz. The band based around singer Yousra Mansour delves even further into the facets of the music found between the Atlantic coast and the Sahara

  • Sahrawi singer and musician Aziza Brahim
    Aziza Brahim's "Mawja"

    The voice of Western Sahara

    Aziza Brahim's childhood as a Sahrawi refugee in Algeria naturally shaped her music, but as her latest album, "Mawja" shows, while she has not forgotten where she comes from, she has long since tuned her ears to a world beyond the camp perimeters

  • Singer Elyanna gestures as she sings and performs at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Indio, California, USA, 22 April 2023
    Palestinian-Chilean singer

    Elyanna poised to take Arabic pop global

    Singing in Arabic wasn't part of Elyanna's original plan. Yet it's helping the 22-year-old Palestinian-Chilean singer make history, even as she walks a fine line against the backdrop of current events

  • Faraj Suleiman at the Odeon Theatre in Amman, Jordan
    Palestinian pianist Faraj Suleiman

    From Palestine to the world stage

    Pianist Faraj Suleiman has developed a style all his own, rich in ornamentation and with a powerful rock energy. At an unimaginably difficult time this Palestinian musician, who lives in Israel, has released a new album: "As Much As It Takes"

  • While intent is always important, it is no guarantee of artistic merit. "Nowruz", the Aga Khan Master Musicians' debut album, is an example of both in perfect synthesis.
    Aga Khan Master Musicians' "Nowruz"

    Sunshine, peace and the smell of home

    While intent is always important, it is no guarantee of artistic merit. "Nowruz", the Aga Khan Master Musicians' debut album, is an example of both in perfect synthesis. Richard Marcus had a listen

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