BENEATH the daily violence in Iraq lies a civilization dating back more than five millenniums. And if the capacity to create a musical culture is a hallmark of a civilized society, there is ample ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BAGHDAD (AP) — War kept him away from his ...

Long uprooted from his native Iraq, Naseer Shamma, an icon of the Arabic oud, has returned home to help rekindle the flame of Iraqi music. Exiled in 1993 under dictator Saddam Hussein, Naseer Shamma ...

The Baghdad Institute of Music once again hums with activity after years of silence enforced by fear. Students hasten along corridors, lutes in hand, as others laugh and gossip on a sun-bathed patio.

Lamees Audeh and her husband, Wafa Al Zaghal, have ambitious plans for the Arabic music scene in the GTA. “We want to become the go-to place for Arabic music, maybe in Canada – and hopefully in all of ...

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A small but vital musical revolution has been taking place in Israel. In the last two decades, a small group of Mizrahi Jews — Jews of Middle Eastern and North African descent — have returned to their ...

Israeli musician Dudu Tassa, who opened Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival with a Friday afternoon performance backed by his band the Kuwaitis and will do the same this weekend, has deep roots.