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Go topBY: Ameera David/Contributing Writer Arab American music producer Dawn Elder has a dream to build a cultural bridge between the Arab world and the West. For one night only this November, those who enjoy listening to the mesmerizing beats of Arabic music are in for a delightful treat. “Sahra” (meaning a musical evening in Arabic) … Continued
Adventurous live music audiences in metro Detroit already know Global Thursdays at the Arab American National Museum (AANM) as a showcase for the finest in world music and performance art. Starting this October, cinema fans can also enjoy this multicultural entertainment series, when Global Thursdays adds fascinating, rarely seen films into the mix, allowing audiences … Continued
Before the Persian Gulf War exploded in the early 1990s, Cherien Dabis and her family were popular, well-respected members of their adopted Ohio town. Her father, a physician, and mother were Palestinian immigrants from the West Bank and Jordan who’d moved to the United States shortly before Dabis’ birth. Dabis says she grew up wanting … Continued
ANERA (American Near East Refugee Aid) will welcome an award-winning Arab Youth Dance Troupe to Washington, DC October 2 to honor ANERA’s work to support Palestinian education. The eight dancers, aged 9 to 11, are students at Rawdat al Zuhur School in East Jerusalem. The elementary school was established in 1952 to rescue 25 young … Continued
A first-ever festival dedicated to the oud kicked off Thursday (August 27th) in Tunis, with the venerable stringed instrument’s notes woven into a wide array of musical textures. Tunisian oud player Ihssan Aribi opened the August 27th-September 4th festivities with a “Conversation of the Strings”, a set that spanned several pieces from Tunisia’s Arab and … Continued
Arabic television is counting on an explosion of Ramadan serials to restore losses from the global recession, but some concerned Muslims are scrambling to pull the faithful back to prayer during the holy month. Around 60 serials hit the screens on more than 400 channels this month as producers have used bloated budgets and big … Continued
The Kalima Project has translated and published approximately a thousand poems of contemporary American poetry. The selection and translation of fifteen male and female American poets, belonging to different movements and tendencies in American poetry of the twentieth century, was undertaken by Samer Abu Hawash. This initiative forms part of Kalima’s continuing effort to present … Continued
When the heiress Paris Hilton traveled here in June and July to audition female friends for her show “My New BFF,” her producers had access to state-of-the-art studios and a government eager to import a touch of Hollywood glamour to the Middle East. But to adhere to the region’s Islamic norms, many of the ingredients … Continued
With the release of the acclaimed feature film “Amreeka,” National Geographic Entertainment is proud to be working with an unprecedented array of community and cultural partners committed to bringing the first Arab-American film made by an Arab-American to audiences everywhere. In addition, the film was produced by a group of mostly Arab women: Jordanian-Palestinian-American writer-director … Continued
The first annual Arab-American Music Awards will be held Saturday January 30th 2010 at 7:30pm at the Harmony Gold Theater in Hollywood, CA. This award ceremony is to celebrate years of musical talent by Arab-Americans and also to recognize the new up and coming stars of the Arab-American culture. There will be many performances by … Continued
It is widely thought that music is forbidden in Islam. Scholars cite hadith, or sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, that certain types of music distract from worship, and that music is a source of temptation that leads to committing other excesses and sins. Others cite hadith showing that the Prophet Muhammad did permit singing, as … Continued
The men’s magazine Esquire is preparing to launch in Dubai, with an initial print run of 15,000. Esquire’s English-language Middle East edition will be the 18th international version of the magazine, and is to be published by ITP, the privately owned group chaired by the BBC presenter and former Sunday Times editor Andrew Neil, under … Continued
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