Over 35,000 concertgoers showed up to see the Lebanese band and two other Arab rock groups perform at the daylong Music Park Festival in an upscale suburb of Cairo, Egypt, late last September.

The music of ancient Egypt has not been documented, but some musicologists believe that the liturgical music of the Coptic Church is directly descended from ancient Egyptian music. Arab musical ...

Egyptian music, with its deep emotional resonance and complex melodic structures, has long inspired artists around the world.Today, more than ever, global musicians are reaching into Egypt’s mus ...

Egyptian street music is the beat and the pulse behind the country's revolution.

As Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep travels to Tunisia, Libya and Egypt, listen to this mix of music he will likely hear along his travels — from traditional folk music to underground hip-hop ...

Thanks to the rise of platforms like TikTok and the breakdown of traditional music-industry gatekeeping, a new generation of Arab artists is reaching a worldwide audience on their own terms.

The ongoing Israel's war on Gaza prompted numerous artists in Egypt and from across the Arab world to express their thoughts through music. Shaabi singers, rappers, The Choir Project, amateurs and ...

Salwa El-Shawan, Traditional Arab Music Ensembles in Egypt since 1967: "The Continuity of Tradition within a Contemporary Framework"?, Ethnomusicology, Vol. 28, No. 2 (May, 1984), pp. 271-288 ...

The genre is finding a new generation of global listeners, thanks to record labels like Habibi Funk and parties that showcase it.