Gilad Hazan wowed the audience at the Jerusalem Oud Festival with his genre-defying performance, blending Arabic music with ...

Roger Kashou’s fingers flew across the stretched plastic skin of a goblet-shaped drum resting on his lap. They coaxed a bright, melodic series of “tek tek tek” sounds from the sweet spot along the rim ...

Discover exotic rhythms in this Arabic dance class led by dancer and instructor Kristina Koutsoudas. Participants will learn a variety of Middle Eastern dance techniques including drops, lifts, ...

Inside a February Arabic Percussion Workshop by Circle World Arts. Every week, lovers of music, dance, art, food and everything in between visit a different culture through Circle World Arts. Every ...

acrobatic, such as the candle dance in which the dancer balances a burning candle on her head, to the very subtle, such as the hair dances in which the dancer’s only moving parts are her hair, head ...

Artwork by Al-Bustan campers was inspired by the Alhambra palace in Spain. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) Campers learn Arab rhythms at the Al-Bustan percussion camp. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) Campers learn ...

Ken Field travels strange, sublime roads. On Duke Ellington’s “Caravan,” the leader of the Boston-based Revolutionary Snake Ensemble spends time in Tunisia exploring Arabic rhythms, jumps to New ...

Fatin Jarara, who DJs under the name DJ Fatin, prepares the music for an engagement party at Widdi Catering Hall in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Nina Roberts On a warm, vivid Sunday afternoon, DJ Fatin ...

Journalist Robin Wright chronicles the cultural and social forces behind this year's Arab revolt in her new book, "Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World.' Margaret Warner and ...

Earlier this week, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain signed a peace agreement on the White House lawn. The event left some people scratching their heads, as many commentators noted that ...