Every year around this time the name of the Syrian poet Adonis pops up in newspapers and in betting shops. Adonis (pronounced ah-doh-NEES), a pseudonym adopted by Ali Ahmad Said Esber in his teens as an attention getter, is a perennial favorite to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. This year Ladbrokes, the British bookmaking … Continued
London’s ‘Jazza Music Festival’ kicked off Tuesday with a number of artists performing free of charge to help raise aid for the occupied Palestinian territories and highlight their plight. The event offered a mix of music genres that crossed both cultural as well as generational divides, where a diverse audience enjoyed tunes from classic Arabic … Continued
Salam Stores in partnership with Doha Enterprises, has taken up a sponsorship opportunity to bring Miss USA 2010, Rima Fakih (pictured), on her first official visit to the Middle East at the second annual Made in the USA – Qatar 2010 exhibition. Fakih will spend three days in Qatar, during which she will participate at … Continued
Sharrafouni is the new recording by U.S.-based Syrian singer. This new effort aims to reach a wider audience. Although the traditional Syrian roots are still there, Zein Al-Jundi has jumped into the area of Arabic pop. Thankfully, she has stayed away from the cheesy keyboard sounds used by other artists in the genre. Instead, she … Continued
The Arab American News Wire (AANW) will feature news stories, feature stories and press releases from Arab American news sources. . Also, all press releases related to the American Arab and Muslim American community will be accepted. The Arab American News Wire will not publish opinion commentary or columns on the site and they reserve … Continued
Comic book fans will soon be getting their first glimpse at an unlikely new superhero – a Muslim boy in a wheelchair with superpowers. The new superhero is the brainchild of a group of disabled young Americans and Syrians who were brought together last month in Damascus by the Open Hands Intiative, a non-profit organization … Continued
The latest album “N 7” by Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram is witnessing significant success around the Arab world and topping music charts especially in Gulf countries like the United Arab Emirates. The album has occupied the number one spot for the second week after its release by the production company ‘Arabic Record Music’ (ARM). Second … Continued
After decades of turning out yellow-framed covers featuring Egyptian artifacts and other Mideast treasures, National Geographic magazine will for the first time soon start printing in Arabic. The picture-packed science magazine lining countless bookshelves plans to issue its first Arabic edition next month, making its more than century-old publisher the latest Western media company to … Continued
It’s a musical intifada, a musical uprising,” says Shadia Mansour squinting in the sunshine outside the hip hop workshop she is running in the West Bank city of Hebron. From inside, a DJ can be heard cutting out beats on his decks. Ms Mansour has been dubbed “the first lady of Arabic hip hop”, but … Continued
We speak with the Syrian-born artist… Your background is Armenian and you were born in Kamachli, Syria, and studied art in Armenia. How do your Armenian and Arab heritages influence your art? “Especially now that I am so far from both Syria and Armenia, I find myself all the more influenced by the landscapes and … Continued
Cheb Khaled, the Algerian rai singer who is probably the best-known Arabic singer on the planet, was selected this summer as one of NPR’s 50 Great Voices. Banning Eyre, a regular commentator on World Music on NPR and producer for Afropop Worldwide who has worked tirelessly to promote music from Africa, including the Maghreb, introduced … Continued
Fashion has been in the news lately with the Emmys, Miss Universe pageant, and the Fall Fashion Preview. We spoke with local designer Paulina Braiz-Harb. The Venezuelan-born opened her custom dress boutique, Paulina bh, in Brimingham, Michigan in the summer of 2008. Her business model caters to the “romantic, feminine” woman who dreams of wearing … Continued
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