Reservoir Media and PopArabia increased their Middle East reach by acquiring Iraqi music production business HFM Production ...

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“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 ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — In a Baghdad workshop plastered with black-and-white photos from a more peaceful time, Mahmoud Abdulnabi hand-carves a wooden oud, a string instrument with ancient roots that has fallen ...

Virginia Tech hosted “Sounds of Desire” on Saturday, a one-woman show accompanied with traditional Iraqi music. The performance, which started touring in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2003, depicts the lives ...

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - The notes of musical scales resonate from the children's sometimes-squeaky clarinets, challenging the roar of low-flying choppers outside. Pianos keep time for ballerinas who practice ...

DAMASCUS, Syria, June 11 (UNHCR) - A trio of refugee musicians from Iraq have released their first album on some of the world's leading music-sharing sites and have agreed to use the profits to help ...