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  • Brigitte Schiffer & Hans Hickmann on the way to Siwa Oasia. Siwa Oasis, Cairo, 1933
    Jewish composer Brigitte Schiffer

    Fleeing the Nazis and thriving in Cairo

    Many Jewish musicians fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 1940s. Composer Brigitte Schiffer was one of the few who put down roots in Egypt. In this interview, the German music professor Matthias Pasdzierny charts her unusual story.

  • 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.

  • Iranian Kurdish singer Hani Mojtahedi
    Kurdish singer Hani Mojtahedi

    Myths re-imagined

    Kurdish singer Hani Mojtahedi and German electro legend Andi Toma of Mouse On Mars have collaborated on an album that also pays homage to Mojtahedi’s grandfather, a Sufi master

  • 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

  • Rohingya refugee sings for Ian Brennan's "Once We Had A Home" album
    Grammy-winning producer Ian Brennan

    Recording Rohingyas' raw emotion

    Brennan's "Once We Had A Home" is a searing document of the reality faced by Rohingya refugees squeezed into the massive Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's Bazar on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border

  • 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

  • Cover art of Özgür Akgul's album "Hediye"
    "Hediye" by Özgür Akgul (Schnieke)

    A masterclass in how to bridge two worlds

    Özgür Akgul usually composes film and television scores, but performing under the name Schnieke, he recently released his first album – a case study in how the modern and the traditional can co-exist in perfect harmony

  • Djazia Satour (right) sings into a microphone as she plays the bendir; in the background, sitting at a grand piano, is pianist Pierre-Luc Jamain
    Contemporary Algerian music

    A Franco-Arabic acoustic duet

    Djazia Satour is one of the most eminent Algerian vocalists of our time. Her new stage project sees her performing her songs in a duo setting with pianist Pierre-Luc Jamain and bringing to life the sounds and tonal colour of her childhood home.

  • A man peers into a rickety wooden boat on dry land
    Milan's La Scala

    Migrant boats make music at the opera

    Stringed instruments made from migrant boats met with sustained applause as they debuted at Italy's prestigious La Scala opera house in tribute to those who perish attempting the Mediterranean crossing to Europe

  • Moroccan Said Tichiti performs live with his band Said Chalaban
    Music of the Sahel

    Jarama – echoes of the Sahara

    It's a long way from Hungary to Morocco, both geographically and culturally. For expatriate Moroccan Said Tichiti, the distance finally caught up with him in 2018. Stuck musically and seeking inspiration he and two of his Chalaban band mates made the long trip to his former home. New release "Jarama" is the musical outcome

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