By Dr. Tamar Marie Boyadjian My own work as a fantasy author and medievalist often involves tracing the interconnectedness of ...

Lebanese diva Fairouz, one of the Arab world's most beloved singers, turned 80 on Friday. Fairouz was born Nihad Wadie Haddad to a poor family in Zuqaq el-Balatt neighborhood in Beirut in 1935. In the ...

You don't have to be Lebanese to know the voice of Nihad Haddad, better known as Fairuz. She sang for a united Lebanon, even when the country was... Fairuz: Lebanon's Voice Of Hope Fairuz: Lebanon's ...

Her most famous song, "Batwanes Beek," begins with string instruments creating a typical sound of Arab orchestras. The song ...

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Mohammed Abdul Ameer's nostalgia for better days and his roots in the Levant were what inspired him to open Basra's first mixed-gender cafe since the rule of Saddam Hussein, ...