Omar Khalil reflects on his grandfather, Mohamed Abdelwahab’s legacy, ahead of the landmark London concert, celebrating the ...

Egyptian maestro and composer Hany Farahat performed a massive concert at the Sydney Opera House, one of the world’s most prominent musical venues. Farahat conducted the Australian Metropolitan ...

Celebrated Shaabi singer Ahmed Adaweyah passed away Sunday evening in Cairo at the age of 79 after a battle with illness. Adaweyah, born on 3 July 1945 in Cairo, was one of the most influential ...

Once the epicentre of music in the Arabic-speaking world, Egypt finds it increasingly hard to meet the financial needs of its local musicians, who are looking to the Gulf states for more lucrative ...

Firqat Alnoor, featuring both Jewish and Arab musicians, plays late Egyptian icon's song to mark 50th anniversary of her ...

Egypt will mark its first Egyptian Music Day on Monday, 15 September, with more than 100 events across 80 venues in Cairo and other governorates. The day also commemorates the death anniversary of ...

Egyptian music star Amr Diab is set to return to acting after a 27-year hiatus with an Arabic original series for Netflix. The as yet untitled series is a musical drama and is currently being ...

CAIRO, April 19 (KUNA) -- Arab Music Institute in Egypt embraces rich artistic history of art reflecting old Arab music magical rhymes that date back to old times. Chairman of the Institute Mahamoud ...

A young Egyptian lady was playing a piece of music on the oud, an ancient Arabian musical instrument, at the Arabic Oud House for teaching oud playing in a historical area of the Egyptian capital ...

How do you become a pop star in a region where you might be arrested for shaking hands with your fans? In April, Saudi singer Hisham Abdel Rahman, winner of the Arab reality TV show "Star Academy" ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A Dutch DJ is bringing underground Egyptian street music to Western night clubs with the hope that it will paint the troubled North African country in a better light. Music producer ...