Encompassing dozens of countries inhabited by close to 500 million people, the Arab world is enormously diverse, and its music reflects that. Our list of the 50 best Arabic pop songs of the 21st ...

What does it mean for an Arab singer shaped by classical and sacred traditions to pivot into popular music? In a region where audiences stay fiercely loyal to the artists they grew up with and the ...

Modern Arabic popular music is rarely concerned with the noise inside. For decades, singers and songwriters across the region have written about heartbreak, love, longing and faith, but rarely about ...