On July 4, Casey Kasem counted down the hits one last time. Thirty-nine years to the day after he premiered his American Top 40 program — playing the most popular songs, calling out listeners’ long-distance dedications and paving the way for the American Top 20 and American Top 10 spin-offs — the velvet-throated DJ with … Continued
Teenagers in Lebanon expressed shock and sadness as news spread Friday about the premature death of Michael Jackson, describing him as legend of pop music. “I cannot believe the King of Pop is dead. I was hoping I would see him performing in London this summer,” Tara Attaya, a fifteen- year-old Lebanese told the German … Continued
The third annual Chicago Arabesque Festival is a non-religious, non-political festival designated to promote public awareness of the cultural heritage of the Arab world and showcase its diversity. “It’s a very rich culture people need to hear about,” said George Alcheikh, who was hosting a Syrian educational booth. “We participate because we want the American … Continued
The 2009 Concert of Colors – metro Detroit’s beloved free diversity-themed music festival – will present rising and established acts, bring back past favorites, and offer more free and outdoor activities while forging ahead in its mission to shed light on and celebrate cultural diversity through music. Headliners for the 17th annual festival – Saturday, … Continued
It’s Shakespeare, but with a twist. The dialogue is in Arabic, women wear veils and a despot is persuaded to seize power on a TV chat show as world leaders call in encouraging words. Kuwait-based director Sulayman Al-Bassam’s “Richard III: An Arab Tragedy,” which is part of the Muslim Voices Festival at the Brooklyn Academy … Continued
Young people climbed up the old marble columns of the hall for a better look at the band. The audience – including girls in headscarves – danced around the gilded balconies to oriental, hip-hop and jazz moves. A jazz festival may seem a little out of place in this remote Algerian town battered by social … Continued
ForeWord magazine is pleased to announce that Dr. Jack Shaheen’s book “Guilty: Hollywood’s Verdict on Arabs After 911” was a winner of the 2008 Book of the Year Awards. At a ceremony at BookExpo America in New York City, the 220 Book of the Year Award winners in 61 categories were honored. These books, representing … Continued
The Arab world’s first Islamic pop music video channel “For the Youth” has a mission to spread the message that observant Muslims can also be modern and in touch with today’s world. “4shbab” – Arabic for “For the Youth” – shows this music video of a young Muslim man singing about the struggles of a … Continued
Arts organizations across the nation are suffering the effects of the global economic crisis. Here in metro Detroit, the loss of philanthropic support, particularly from automakers, is making headlines and headaches for the arts. Despite these challenges, the Arab American National Museum, New Detroit, Inc., Detroit Symphony Orchestra and ACCESS – the presenting partners of … Continued
Dubai-based broadcasting company MBC Group announced it has signed a major new deal with giant Warner Bros to show all its US TV shows for the next two years. The agreement inked with Warner Bros International Television Distribution (WBITD) will now make MBC the first-run Middle East home to new television series distributed by US … Continued
Arab Fild Distribution has released an new DVD, “Beirut Diaries and “33 Days.” “Beirut Diaries” focuses on the experiences of 25-year-old Nadine Zaidan, who was one of the thousands of activists who gathered in Beirut’s Martyrs Square in the chaotic days immediately following the assassination of Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri in February of 2005, Beirut … Continued
‘We Arabs export two major things, oil and ouds,” says a laughing Najib Shaheen, this city’s most respected oud maker, restorer and dealer. The oud is a stringed Arab instrument that, after it was brought to Andalusian Spain in the eighth century, spawned the European lute, guitar and mandolin. Today’s ouds are usually walnut or … Continued
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