About Mona Miari is a Palestinian-American artist, singer, songwriter, and artistic director based in New York City. Her work is rooted in Palestinian and Levantine musical traditions while drawing on wider global influences, positioning her practice within cross-cultural contemporary music and performance. She began performing at a young age and, at 15, headlined her first […]
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Roger Waters has collaborated with Palestinian singer-songwriter Mona Miari on a reworked version of Pink Floyd’s 1979 classic Comfortably Numb, reimagining the track as a politically charged tribute centred on Gaza. The new version was premiered at New York’s SVA Theatre alongside a short film and live performance. The project introduces newly written lyrics from
Angham is scheduled to perform in Dubai’s Coca-Cola Arena on 19 June 2026, extending a live career that began in 1987 and has continued across Egypt and the wider Arab world for nearly four decades. Known as “The Voice Of Egypt”, the appearance places her once again in the Gulf’s arena circuit, where she remains
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When members of the Baida family established a record company in Beirut during the first decade of the twentieth century, they could hardly have imagined the scale of what would follow. From a small family-run operation with ties to Germany’s recording industry, Baidaphon grew into one of the most influential music companies in the Middle
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Long before streaming thumbnails reduced album artwork to a tiny square on a phone screen, record sleeves were physical objects with their own cultural weight. Across the 1960s, 70s and 80s, album covers became part of the identity of a musician, a band and sometimes an entire scene. In Morocco, record labels transformed sleeves into
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Photo: @heshaaming Jordanian-born artist Aziz Maraka discusses his self-created genre Razz, his route into music, and how Arabic artists are reaching global audiences. The conversation took place on Monday 27 April 2026 with Samer Jamal as part of Music Ally’s Artist Ally Summit. Maraka, now based in Egypt, has built a career as a composer,
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Egypt’s summer mega-festival is back. The New Alamein Festival returns for its third edition, running from 18 July – 29 August, with a heavyweight lineup of Arabic music stars and a packed calendar of cultural events. Held in the brand-new U-ARENA in the Heritage District of New Alamein City, this year’s edition will once again
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About Wegz Wegz is an Egyptian rapper, singer and songwriter whose sharp lyrics and magnetic stage presence have made him one of the leading figures in Arabic trap and hip-hop. Born Ahmed Ali in Alexandria in 1998, he’s credited with helping bring rap music to the mainstream in Egypt and the wider Arab world. His
Egyptian artists are reaching new heights on the global stage and the latest Spotify report shows just how far they’ve come. Spotify has released its Loud & Clear music economics report in Egypt for the first time, offering hard data on how the country’s musicians are turning streams into sustainable careers. The headline? A fivefold
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About Elyanna Elyanna is a Palestinian-Chilean singer, songwriter and rising voice in the world of Arabic pop. Known for her smooth vocal style, bilingual lyrics and genre-fluid sound, she is part of a new wave of artists blending Arab identity with global pop culture. Her music brings Arabic language and melody into unexpected spaces, creating
