Tania Saleh has released an album/collection of 10 Lebanese songs which are now available on her YouTube channel, accompanied by animated videos that were created especially for them. All the videos ...

When Egyptian Singer Sherine released her hit "Sabri Aaleel" in 2003, no one would have ever predicted that, over 2 decades later, the track would continue to be reborn, revamped, remixed and ...

KQED, a PBS and NPR station licensed to San Francisco, has just published an extensive article (and audio podcast) spotlighting Dr. Ramzi Salti's Arabology radio show/podcast. You can read the full ...

I was recently interviewed by the amazing DJ Hakim for his radio show Taqsim Taxi which airs on Hyde FM, a community-based multi-genre online radio station broadcasting out of San Francisco.

When I started my Arabology radio show and podcast in 2012, quality podcasts from/about the Arab world were few and far between. Those days are (fortunately) gone thanks to the advent of a wide ...

Netflix’s The Sand Castle (Arabic title من وراء الموج) offers a powerful and visually striking exploration of the harrowing human experiences of migration and survival. Directed by Matti Brown, this ...

What follows is a season full of soul-searching, as Mo grapples with feelings of displacement, guilt, and the relentless question: where does he truly belong? The show masterfully balances the ...

On February 3, 2025, we mark the 50th anniversary of the death of the legendary Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum, one of the most influential artists in the history of Arab music. For half a century, her ...

It is our pleasure to share this video recording of Dr. Ramzi Salti's audio-visual talk at Stanford in which he celebrated Fairuz's 90th birthday (this year) through a journey of the Lebanese icon's ...

A new book titled Stories from the Center of the World : New Middle East Fiction (Edited by Jordan Elgrably) is forthcoming from City Lights Publishers and will include short stories from 25 emerging ...

Dr. Ramzi Salti was just interviewed (in English) by Diana Ayoub, host of the Beat Breakfast morning show which airs live on BeatFM 102.5 in Amman, Jordan. Recorded on June 24, 2026. You can listen on ...

Karim Al Iraqi (1955-2023) was a renowned Iraqi poet who passed away in Abu Dhabi on September 1, 2023 after battling cancer. He was 68. As I tribute, I am sharing his poem "Kana Sadiqi" كان صديقي [He ...