Canadian rapper Drake recently dropped his latest album “More Life” and fans around the world went wild but Arab admirers took to social media to explain why they, in particular, were so excited about ...

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 ...

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Here's a short note from Jannis himself: "Earlier this month I was in North Africa for another digging trip and ended up finding quite some records I didn’t know before or I had no copy of so I felt ...

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 ...

Habibi Funk is devoted to the percolation of western pop music through the Arab world between the 1960s and 1980s. Compiled by Berlin-based reissue specialist Jannis Stürtz, it is the fruit of record ...

T-Series’ ARJUN PATIALA’s (mandatory!) item number, ‘Decent Munda Vs Crazy Habibi’ sees Guru Randhawa lending his sweet vocals to a Sachin-Jigar dance number, which also has some Arabic lyrics by ...

Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff exude the Arabic vibes as they introduce their leading ladies in Bade Miyan Chote Miyan song Wallah Habibi Actors Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff starrer Bade Miyan Chote ...