Music

Rita L’Oujdia: The artist putting Morocco on the global music map

We talk to the 21-year-old singer about fame, blending different languages in her songs and her pride for her heritage

Rapper's delight: Against the odds Lebanon's rap artists are having a breakout moment

Three instruments you didn’t know came from the Middle East

Soundtrack of a revolution: The rise of Sudan's Beja music

'Where is Amal Maher?': Egyptian social media in frenzy over singer's 'disappearance'

Marwa al-Sabouni: 'I’m not liberal, I’m not conservative, I’m just Muslim'

Lebanese singer Elissa's duet with accused rapist Saad Lamjarred sparks backlash

Omar: The opera that tells the story of an enslaved Islamic scholar

Don't Leave: Reviving the folk songs of Palestinian women

Musician Dana al-Fardan on influences, activism and being the sound of Qatar Airways

Six-year-old girl’s busking initiative to fundraise for children’s hospital in Egypt

Yallah, brudi: How Arabic and Turkish took over German hip-hop

Five Arabic Christmas songs to get you through the festive season