(MENAFN- The Conversation) In 2022, I embarked on learning to play two traditional drums used in the folk music of my hometown of Basra in southern Iraq. One is known as the“khishba,” with its music ...

This is our 2nd workshop to learn how to play the Arabic Tabla (Drum) by the lead Egyptian percussionist Reda Darwish. This is a 3 hours long class and all levels are welcome. For more info, please ...

One of the Arab world’s most popular performers, the 35-year-old Egyptian singer Amir Diab, entered the Sheraton Ballroom like a prize-fighter over the weekend to the squeals of hundreds of women.