Backed by music industry heavyweight Wassim “Sal” Slaiby—who helped turn the Weeknd into a stadium superstar, and recently founded Universal’s Arabic Music label—Elyanna’s brand of ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with music writer Danny Hajjar about this recent rise and the future of Arabic music. Danny Hajjar has always been surrounded by Arabic music. He grew up in the U.S., but ...

Encompassing dozens of countries inhabited by close to 500 million people, the Arab world is enormously diverse, and its music reflects that. Our list of the 50 best Arabic pop songs of the 21st ...

But music streaming apps like Spotify and platforms like TikTok have offered greater access to the music and allowed new Arabic music genres to bloom, Hajjar told the PBS NewsHour’s Deema Zein.

In recent years, global interest in Arabic music has surged. TikTok and Instagram have helped a new wave of Arab talent such as Saint Levant, Issam Alnajjar, and Wegz reach tens of millions of people.

"I feel very aligned with my purpose," he says about honoring his heritage through music. "This is the truest version of myself." He didn't grow up DJing Arabic music at clubs; instead, he was ...

There’s an Arabic pop music wave that’s about to hit your world. Or maybe it already has! Last year, the Palestinian-Chilean singer Elyanna became the first artist to do an Arabic-language set ...

Ziv Yehezkel, a singer, composer, and teacher of Maqam music, discovered Arabic music at age 16. Studying at a Sephardi yeshiva in Jerusalem, which he called “a shelter for Arabic music,” he ...

Palestinian-Chilean singer Elyanna made history at Coachella on Saturday as the first artist to perform a full set in Arabic at the iconic music festival in Indio, California. "I'm beyond excited.

Mohamed Ramadan's collaborative single and music video "Arabi" features Future and Lebanese-Canadian singer Massari. By Lars Brandle The sounds and beats of Arabic hip-hop are being introduced to ...

In this ground-breaking composition, the acclaimed Arab-Canadian composer, Suad Bushnaq, merges the worlds of Arabic and Baroque music like never before. Witness the convergence of two incredible ...