Tamer Nafar, the godfather of Arabic hip-hop, has released his first English-language album. He's known for his dynamic ...

The only reason I can speak English is because of hip hop,” Tamer Nafar raps in his new album, “In the Name of the Father, ...

There were years punctuated by Amy Winehouse’s mesmerising yet down-to-earth presence, as a performer, a regular Camden girl and then later sadly turned into an exhibit pursued by paps; and then a ...

The Beirut-born producer’s masterly second album revels in dark tension to cinematic effect, finding beauty in ruinous sound Arabic electronic experimentalism is thriving. In recent years, diaspora ...

An Israeli music critic and a Palestinian musician share some songs with NPR's Daniel Estrin — and reflect on more than a year of the war... The songs Israelis and Palestinians are listening to now, ...

Nafar grew up in Lyd, a mixed city of Palestinians and Jews, home to one of the largest drug markets in the Middle East. As a teenager, Tamer discovered hip-hop and became the world's first ...

Today is Jan. 6, the day Congress is scheduled to certify President-elect Donald Trump's victory in the Electoral College. The atmosphere is expected to be very different from four years ago, when a ...