Singer Abdallah Rahhal stepped on stage as the oud player picked out an intriguing tune. The musicians had met only moments before. Abdallah lifted his voice to meet the oud’s haunting semitones and ...

Pakistan, Sept. 20 -- Syrian singer Assala Nasri has made a triumphant return to Damascus with a sold-out concert following 15 years of exile due to her opposition to ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad.

Damascus, May. 30 (SANA) Syria’s music and folk arts reflect its unique cultural and civilizational diversity, where voices and rhythms carried by successive cultures across its lands intertwine to ...

Syrian singer Assala Nasri has made a triumphant return to Damascus — LOUAI BESHARA Syrian singer Assala Nasri has made a triumphant return to Damascus with a sold-out concert following 15 years of ...

Hani Al Sawah recently walked the streets of Damascus, Syria’s capital, with wide-eyed excitement. It had been 13 years since the rap artist last was in Syria. Later that night, he would take the ...

Syrian pianist and composer talks to Ahram Online about the role of artists in his country's fight for democracy and how his own parents were brutally beaten by Assad's thugs Born in Germany to Syrian ...

Zab Mustefa hears the story of Underground House Syria, a music community that has managed to thrive despite a backdrop of unending civil war In 2017, two friends came together to organise a rave in ...

Damascus, March .16 (SANA) When Syria’s uprising began in 2011, the streets quickly found their voice. Protest chants and revolutionary songs rose from city squares and narrow neighborhoods alike, ...