She is punk rock and she is worth it. Name is Maryam, an Egyptian indie singer who performs original music that spreads positive and sometimes cynical messages about the homeland at this critical juncture. Maryam has made [...]
Listen: Assala - Hadret Elmawkef اصالة - حضرة الموقف
Assala is back in the news and this time not because of her stands in the Syrian revolution. She has a new single out and it sounds that we are getting 100 percent of that awesome Assalah voice that we [...]
George Wassouf Best Of Album
There has only been on George Wassouf and for that the Arab world has rewarded him for being himself. George is not talent if you do not like his voice and his music. Those who do not speak Arabic or casual speakers of Arabic, [...]
MC Dahab Prophet of Doom On Egypt
"Get ready to get screwed" raps this young Egyptian rapper Mc Dahab. I know that most are unhappy about the latest political moves in Egypt. Many see such moves are designed to undermine the Islamic candidates who have [...]
A New Voice Called Rania Does Chick Pop So Well
The name Rania is popular, but as of right now no pop star has claimed it. Until one gal claimed it. I am happy about it, because she sounds exactly like the Egyptian chick pop I have always to like. Tamer Ashour composed [...]
البوم كريم نجيب - بلد شهادات Karim Naguib Balad Shahadat
Naguib is one talented singer, and he has one rare sense of humor. He does keep his eyes over Egypt and her youth. He titled his album "A Country Of Certificates", mocking or paying tribute to the fact that you have to have [...]
Myriam Faris "Fawazeer" Dance Show
Myriam Faris loves to dance and she has always said as much. She uses her music videos to show off her dance moves. I would argue you that Myriam Faris is one flexible dancer, and her pop songs have allowed her to bring [...]
Yusuf Islam, The Man, The Legend And His Faith
No one seems to have a clear answer why few years ago America did not let in the guy who sang "The Peace Train" into the States. Just look at this incredible footage of his appearance in South Africa for AIDS Day concert. [...]
Sarah Al Hajiri Has Talent and Money! Fulla Gets Both
Saudi poet Sara Al Hajiri writes touching poems, those poems sometimes get adapted into songs. Sara is not doing it for the money as she has turned herself into a producer where she makes cash rain to see her poems turned [...]
Cairokee On Coloring Eggs and Jamming With Zap
Coloring Eggs is popular around Eastern, but in Egypt it is also popular around Spring Festivals--an ancient Pharaoh practice. So when you are literary the hottest rock band in Egypt and you want to throw a concert, you [...]
Pretty In Pink With Mohammed Mounir
This concert was a big deal for people who like Arabic music in Egypt, they are not making mushc of it anymore, and that pisses of many people. Luckily, we had an album that just came out few days ago, with Mohammed Mounir [...]
You Will Like Medieval Times Show, I Know I Did
I know it's not exactly music, but music is often timeless and so is certain things that happened in the past. For those who like the good old days and like to be part of something fun and different, I recommend the Medieval [...]
Big Egyptian Dorks By Hussein And Moody Imam
They were young, charismatic and it was the 80s. Egypt was a fertile ground for experimental pop. Bands were a thing of the 80s Egypt, but ever since Mubarak has exited, they are making a comeback.Moody and Hussein Imam [...]
Fayrouz "God Is With Us" Hymn For Easter
The one video I cannot embed has mostly been released on the Fayrouz songs, her channel does not like to share with others, the would give you the link, but not the option to embed. The channel is run by Fayrouz's daughter [...]
Sabine, Classical Music Sounds Good In Arabic
Sabine is Lebanese, I do not need anyone to tell me that. What else, I do not need other to tell me that she is dreamy. She is good at it too. Sabine has a soft spot in her heart for classical tunes. She does look like a [...]
Samira Said, The Rock Star Who We Miss
For a Moroccan to make a career in music it seems easy. But it was never so in the 80s when she kicked off her career. Luckily she has friends who wanted to help her, but nothing helped her shine more than her vocals. They [...]
Amal Maher Plays The Piano Too
Concerts in Egypt has come a very long way!. American concerts are no different the Arab ones. Finally, on stage performer can enjoy a light show in the background, well dressed backup singers who dance along too. Perfect [...]
Mohammed Mounir All Funk Live Marika "ابن ماريكا"
Mounir had a great time at his most recent concert, but so did have the band and the audience. While the show is a delight, it brings the best and the most out of people as Mounir keeps it alive and kicking. The dude of [...]
Good Morning Palestine Song By Mais Shalash
Here's a song they do not make enough of in Palestine. A song about the land, and not its politicians and political parties. Not sure who is singing this song, but I feel it's some child. Wait a minute, her name is [...]
The Last Funky Hamid El Shari Song
In the mid 2000, Hamid El Shari released an album where in his title he has given away that he prefers the tanned colored skin. Of course most Arabs are either darker or tanned. I am interested in the place where the filmmed [...]
Gaza, beach, folks song
Gaza lays on the coast of the gorgeous sea, like many Palestinian cities, the scene from the beach are hard to forget. In the summer time, it seems that the entire local population moves to beach. For really long time, the [...]
Adel Imam Won't Be Going To Jail Any Time Soon
Adel Imam has always found someone to mock the holy cows of Egypt. He mocked, the people first, then what they hols scared. That in itself is not a crime, until you offend someone who claims to be religious. [...]
Arafa El Bahr "Teaser" --A Drama Not To Miss
Arafa El Bahr is an Egyptian TV drama with none of the distractions. It has the respectable actors who know that they are just one part that makes the drama great. The plot that discusses real issues. And most of all the [...]
Listen This Christian Hymns in Arabic
This one is about the calcification of Jesus according to most Christian faith. This one comes from Palestine too. The hymn is read in a church and it sounds so good. This is an art that has been around for ages in the land [...]
Artist Reads A Telling Poem About Egypt
Crisis and political instability do many strange things to people, like inspire them to write and read poetry where beautiful words bring the best emotions and best descriptions to describe the frustration, [...]
Will Tamer Ashour Get His Comeback?
Tamer Asour knows a thing or two about sad songs--he probably has given the Arab world half of them. Tamer Ashour made a nice song about Egypt on mother's day, its was the bomb. He has been remaking his older songs with [...]
Amer Zayan, The Pretty Boy Who Loves Himself
This is a beautiful and dramatic song that Amer Zayan poured his heart out and thus made it a big hit. But then whoever made the music video for it forget that he was making a music video for a sad song and instead [...]
How Many Arab Dance Choreographers Can You Name?
Maya Nehme is one, do you know any one full Arab dance choreographers who don't suck? I know in the past they have imported talents from England and some cities to give Arabic music video some cool and hip element. But in [...]
Haifa Wahbe #MJK Tops iTunes Charts #36
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There are millions of albums on iTunes, but there are only 200 best selling albums mostly from the States. But one Arab star has manged to climb the charts and claim the 36th spot on the list. Haifa Wahbe had that [...]
Esam Karika, Egyptian Sleaze Seeking To Please
Esam Karika is fine with you not loving him. Karika is the Egyptian answer to rap music, but with local twist. He likes loose clothes, he also likes to surround himself with plenty of women and when he [...]
Arabs Got Talent - S2 - Ep2 - Haspop
Arabs got talent even, if they do not speak Arabic like the case of their latest guest show. He dances like a robot in a way that's unknown to many Arabs. He is a father of two cute kids who support their father in his appearance [...]
Fayrouz Karawya Live Concerts And Then Some
Few days ago, Fayrouz Karawya released an A an album, the hard work of six years, she has done away with politics and instead sang for her ideal soul mate, after all she found he is just a regular guy who cares fro others [...]
Mohammed Mounir Screws Over Shando
Shando is a popular singer in Egypt, I liked couple of his songs and I have seen movie where he appeared. He is cool, hip and trendy. Shando wanted to sing with the master of Egyptian songs, Mohammed Mounir whom [...]
America Has Invented The Phone, We Arabs Sing About It
Shadya has authored many hits in her long career of movie making and singing. She can be considered the first Arabic pop star who offered light entertainment and catchy songs that has good and original music. Shadya has [...]
Wael Jassar As A Boy Singer Years Ago
I did not know much about the history of Lebanese romance pop singer Wael Jassar prior to his hit song of 1998. I thought he came from nowhere, but the reality, he has been singing long before that song hit the airwaves.Wael [...]
Kibreet, The Egyptian Movie To Blow You Back To History
This movie take years to make, once a teaser was released online, the film caught fire prompting the director and the crew to make the movie better, so they went back and made a good movie better, and money helped them [...]
Women Rights In Egypt Shouldn't Be A Privilege
The women of Egypt are drumming up support to their causes and their standing in the upcoming Egypt, they want a bigger role and a presence in the political arena. Luckily, the constitutions afford them that right, but reality [...]
I Thought Nicole Saba Looked Good Here
Nicole Saba in an elevator with the one she has a crush one, she whispers or sings in her ear and he cannot catch her moving her lips. Aside form the prolonged elevator ride, this song was probably the second music video [...]
Lara Scandar Will Make Someone Rich
Lara Scandar comes form a mixed background family, but there's noting mixed about this girl. she takes her art and her work seriously. Lara has surrounded herself with smart people and it seems her fans are in love with [...]
MJK Teaser! The Pop That Only Haifa Can Make
Haifa is a cool cat, and that has served her well, but she is no dummy. She has shown that she is a smart business women with a lot of strong opinions, but as an artist she has an image and that image works well for her. [...]
Nights From The Alhambra With Loreena McKennitt
Not Exactly Arabic music, but close. Alhambra Spain is very dear on the Arab people, they gush over this once magical place where Arabs ruled for near 800 years. The mention of Alhambra has a nostalgic value for most Arabs--even [...]
البوم شمس الكويتية - صباحك خير 2012 Morning W Shams
The album of Gulf funk that you have always hoped for, just got dropped in the market with little fanfare online. But the excitment is all over TV nowadays over this Kuwait gulf star who has rocked the boat too many times.Shams [...]
Arabs Who Rock Like Persians
Ragheb Alama is a super star, luckily he still has kept his good looks so far. The Arab Idol judge is so hot that he is the only one on TV that people like to see when they tune in. He has become Mr. Nice Guy, in addtion [...]
Ahlam Is Not Crazy, She Just Wants 2b Number 1
The UAE gave birth to many stars, but none of them has made more news than their very own girl Ahlam. The pop singer form the Gulf who has always made cool and catch music, better, her music video are often fresh. While [...]
Where Has Pop Star Fares Gone?
Fares made half a dozne of decent pop songs with romance, but then he is not anywhere to be seen? Could it behe has retired? I rememebr liking this guy in the early 200, but I know he has been around even before then. Accroding [...]
Crazed Arab Fans And Google+ With Myriam
Celebrities do not do anyhting for free, and Myriam Fares is no different. She has been pimping Google Plus and their hangout. She even spent few minutes for some horny teenagers and awckward ones indeed. But do not take [...]
Hasna Zlag, The Other Girl Of Moroccan Pop
When she first made it big, she was Hasna--that was 2005 when her billboards were all over the city of Cairo for her album Bamba. Years later, we see she has given us a last name Zlag. She can sing pop and I have come to [...]
Jenin Jenin, The Movie That Rocked Israel
Israeli soldier murder Palestinian often, and few of those murders get reported. But in April 2002, the game has changed as visionary Palestinian director Mohammed Bakri set his camera on the aftermath of the brutal massacre [...]
Give Jalal A Listen, Will You?
Give it Jalal dropped on us all of sudden. The guy who sings romance and the blues like so many other young and talented Arab singers. Not much is know about Jalal, he is young and and he is charming. I a guessing he is [...]
A Rock Star Like Melhim Barakat "على بابي واقف قمرين"
If you were to ask me, what is one of the most memorable music pieces in Arabic/Lebanese music for the past 20 years, I would have to put Melhim Barakat's music that he composed for this classic hit of his.Barakat seems [...]
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