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Lebanon is a cultural hub for Arab music. Lebanese music writer Danny Hajjar has been talking with musicians there about how they're dealing with escalating conflict in the region.
Lebanon is a cultural hub for Arab music. Lebanese music writer Danny Hajjar has been talking with musicians there about how they're dealing with escalating conflict in the region.
Ziad Rahbani, a Lebanese composer, playwright and political commentator known for his influential role in Arabic theatre and music, has died aged 69. The cause of death has yet to be announced.
Legendary musician and composer Ziad Rahbani blended Arabic music and classical jazz into a new form that he called "Oriental ...
Son of legendary Fairuz and composer Assi Rahbani, he was also a playwright, pianist and political provocateur.
BEIRUT (AP) — Ziad Rahbani, a visionary Lebanese composer, playwright, pianist and political provocateur, died on Saturday, at the age of 69, according to the state-run National News Agency. The ...
From the 1960s through the ’80s, Mr. Rahbani, a Lebanese composer and lyricist who died of Covid-19 on Jan. 4 at 82, wrote instant classics for the Arab world’s most idolized singers ...
In this Friday, Sept. 22, 2017 photo, Syrian refugee children rehearse before their graduation concert in Beirut, Lebanon. The UNESCO-funded program of Action for Hope Music School has trained ...
Bassam Saba, a prominent Lebanese musician who promoted Arabic music in the West before going home late in his career to take over Lebanon’s national conservatory, died on Dec. 4 in Beirut, Lebanon.
Universal Music Group has announced the launch of Universal Arabic Music with Republic Records and Weeknd manager Wassim “Sal” Slaiby.