One of the events that kicked off the last day of Arts Fest was a performance by Astaza, Boston College’s Middle East Ensemble. Astaza’s goal is, as the event program states, to bring “students ...

Somewhere in a parallel universe Pink Floyd founding member Roger Waters is a Middle Eastern musician well steeped in his region’s folk traditions, yet still produces provocative concept albums ...

Established in 1994, the Middle Eastern Music Ensemble welcomes students, faculty, and community musicians who are interested in exploring the styles and repertoires of Arab, Turkish, Persian, ...

Twentieth-century technological advances led to the modernization of Pan-Arabic music. Musicians utilized improved microphones to cultivate the sensation of “atifiyaa,” an artist-centric feeling of ...

Music has always spilled out of Cairo’s cafés. But the lilting tones of traditional songs are now being replaced by the rapping of musicians such as Wegz, a 25-year-old Egyptian hip-hop artist. His ...

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