One of the events that kicked off the last day of Arts Fest was a performance by Astaza, Boston College’s Middle East Ensemble. Astaza’s goal is, as the event program states, to bring “students ...

Somewhere in a parallel universe Pink Floyd founding member Roger Waters is a Middle Eastern musician well steeped in his region’s folk traditions, yet still produces provocative concept albums ...

Twentieth-century technological advances led to the modernization of Pan-Arabic music. Musicians utilized improved microphones to cultivate the sensation of “atifiyaa,” an artist-centric feeling of ...

Music has always spilled out of Cairo’s cafés. But the lilting tones of traditional songs are now being replaced by the rapping of musicians such as Wegz, a 25-year-old Egyptian hip-hop artist. His ...

The St. George Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church hosted hundreds at their 60th Annual Feast of the Middle East celebration. The event hosted by members of the church is filled with cuisine, culture ...

Gyros, falafel, pizza, pasta, and the music of Jason Aldean and Jimmy Buffett are just the start of what is a busy summer week in Syracuse. The St. Elias Orthodox Church Middle Eastern Festival is ...

WORCESTER — As the Middle Eastern Festival got going on Friday, June 6, at St. George Orthodox Antiochan Cathedral on Anna Street, volunteers were hard at work preparing food for the expected weekend ...