Jazzablanca: Jazz and Class Converge in Morocco
The recent international jazz festival in Casablanca was a triumph of musical and cultural diversity, yet such events largely remain open only to the Moroccan elite.
Read Moreby Tom Pollitt | Dec 11, 2022
The recent international jazz festival in Casablanca was a triumph of musical and cultural diversity, yet such events largely remain open only to the Moroccan elite.
Read Moreby Elisabeth R. Myers | Oct 1, 2022
One of the most prolific artists of our time, opera singer David Serero creates and performs works that send a timeless message of fraternity and love.
Read Moreby Soukaina Rachidi | Jul 6, 2019
At the beginning of the 20th century, an unprecedented wave of feminism took the world by storm. In Egypt, this movement was led by one formidable woman.
Read Moreby Nada Fayad | Jun 30, 2019
“Celestial Bodies,” an Arabic novel written by an Omani woman, Jokha Alharthi, won the Prestigious Man Booker International Prize of 2019.
Read Moreby Omar Zanifi | Jun 25, 2019
June 25, 2019, marks the 21st anniversary of the assassination of famous and beloved Berber singer, poet, thinker, and mandole player, Lounes Matoub, who was a prominent advoc…
Read Moreby Julia Schwartz | Jun 23, 2019
In Charif Majdalani’s novel “L’empereur à pied,” an oath controls a dynasty’s inheritance. The story is an allegory of Lebanon’s dysfunctional confessional system of governmen…
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