While playing piano in public, this girl came up and asked me to play an Arabic song. I gave it a shot — and her reaction ...

Cairo (AFP) — Standing before a rapt crowd, Ahmed Adel oozes charm with his passionate performance of an Egyptian classic, evoking a romantic nostalgia for Arabic songs of the past. After a melodious ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The makers of an excellent album of reimagined Arabic songs have convened in an industrial estate on the ...