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I learned of this thanks to a tweet of Teju Cole. As you no doubt know, the great jazz pianist Vijay Iyer just received a prestigious Ma...

It is often, in fact one should say, nearly always, claimed that the celebrated Greek Alexandrian poet Constantine Cavafy (1863-1933), li...

This was broadcast back on February 15, 2011, just 4 days after the toppling of Mubarak. Although so much has happened since then, this is ...

Sheikh Imam (1918-1995) was a leftist Egyptian singer, whose songs galvanized the progressive movement in Egypt, especially in the late 60s ...

( Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times ) On February 9, which now seems so long ago, I wrote a post called "Music of the Egyptia...

Here's a great source for more on the recently departed Palestinian poet, Mahmoud Darwish, from Banipal: Magazine of Modern Arab Litera...

The great Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish passed away yesterday, in Houston, Texas, of all places. Read about him here and here . (Will th...