It’s summer in Encino, and Elyanna — a 20-year-old Palestinian-Chilean pop singer from Tarzana by way of Jesus’ hometown — has pulled up to a wilted park in a Jeep Cherokee. She sits at a picnic table ...

MDLBEAST 2025, set for 11-13 December, is shaping up to be another huge one but what we’re really loving this year is how stacked the Arab lineup is. From indie heartbreak anthems to club-ready Arab ...

LONDON — Pepsi is branching out into the film biz by producing what is set to become the biggest budget Arab musical of all time. “Bahr Al Nujoom,” Arabic for sea of stars, features a line-up of some ...

Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram, dubbed the “queen of Arab pop” by Spotify, has inked a publishing deal with U.S. indie music company Reservoir Media and PopArabia, its Middle East and North Africa (MENA) ...

Lebanese indie-rock band Mashrou’ Leila is on a mission to rewrite the rules of Arab pop music, but its members didn’t start with the intention of being a full-fledged band at all. The quintet got its ...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 27: Nancy Ajram attends as Tiffany & Co. Celebrates the reopening of NYC Flagship store, The Landmark on April 27, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty ...

MONTREAL - Commercial pop music in North America can certainly be accused of being bland and uniform, but it’s a vibrant mosaic compared to the well-oiled pop machine in the Arab world. In Lebanon, ...