When Israeli rock musician and singer Dudu Tassa said he wanted to rework and re-popularise his grandfather's repertoire of Iraqi Arabic songs from the 1930s, everyone thought he was crazy. But with ...

Fans dressed smartly in elegant evening wear form an orderly queue around the block of west London's Eventim Apollo, some enthusiastically waving Iraqi flags, the cold January air doing little to ...

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, snuffed out by decades of conflict. “When you are in your own ...

MinnPost’s reporting is free every single day, but it isn’t free to produce. Join 4,800 members with a donation right now. DAMASCUS, Syria — When the Iraq War began, Fadi Fares Aziz cut up his flute ...

“I’m quite a coward,” Rahma Riad admitted with a laugh. “I mean, I like taking risks in general, but I avoid reckless ones when it comes to my music career.” It’s a surprisingly candid confession from ...

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The Iraqi doctor sat on a corner of the stage, listening and smiling as Seattle grade-schoolers sang for the orphans of Baghdad. We are children of peace. We are the children of the world. But when ...

get ready for a night filled with the vibrant sounds of Iraqi music! grand arabic jam vol.6 will feature songs from Iraq’s diverse musical landscape from folklore to modern classics. grab your ...