A key motif of popular Arabic music is its dealings with matters of the heart. From the expansive and majestic compositions ...

After starting our series by Munira Al-Mahdiyya (1884-1965), the Sultana of Tarab Music, we proudly present Sāmī al-Shawwā ...

From Shadia to Fairuz, MENA youth are revisiting classic Arabic music, reviving romantic traditions that have long defined the region and continue to do so ...

For Billboard Arabia’s first cover story of 2025, we explore the dynamic world of Al Shami, the young star who has taken Arabic music by storm.

With a career spanning over four decades, Abdul Majeed Abdullah has become a cornerstone of Arabic music, and his influence shows no signs of fading. Revered as "The Prince of Tarab," Abdullah ...

“It is young artists like Marwan Moussa and his outside-the-box vision of what Arabic popular music should look like that has shifted the Egyptian and Arab music scene,” says Big ...