To access this influencer-friendly rooftop eatery, foodies must brave a Brooklyn parking ramp and service lift. The pop-up Levantine restaurant Habibi has become a social media sensation for pairing ...

In London’s Jazz Cafe, the sound of Egyptian legend Umm Kulthum’s song Alf Leila Wleila is reverberating around an atmosphere of anticipation. Fragments of light are reflecting off the Camden venue’s ...

Amna Nawaz: Now to another story of an American held abroad unjustly. In an exclusive interview, I recently sat down with the family of an Afghan American businessman who has been held for more than a ...

U.S. citizen Mahmood Habibi ended his second year of detention in Afghanistan, as his Taliban captors continued to deny they hold him prisoner. Earlier this month, and for the first time, the State ...

The family of one of three Americans held prisoner by the Taliban in Afghanistan is urging Washington to confirm his whereabouts amid online rumours of his impending execution. Afghan-born US citizen ...

Kamelya Omayma Youssef (left) and Levon Kafafian (right), facilitators of "The HBB From the Future" workshop at Room Project, Detroit (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Already a member?

The 16 tracks that make up the latest Habibi Funk compilation are a heady fusion of sound and fervour. There is some psychedelic disco from Egypt. Other songs are electrified by the carnival energy of ...

Mahmoud Sabla, owner of Habibi In Mediterranean Grill, opened his restaurant over two years ago to bring a hint of his Palestinian culture to Evanston. While Sabla said the journey has not been easy, ...