As Bahrain marks its 54th National Day on 16 December 2025, the nation celebrates not just its sovereignty but the boundless ...

To be fair, Kulthum was as close to royalty as a singer could get in a culture where women in the arts were still rare.

Susan Boynton looks at this, along with bibliophilia, libraries, and the study of medieval liturgy in her new book.

Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood discuss how, for thirty years, they've crafted the visuals that helped define Yorke’s band, many of which are now on view at Oxford's Ashmolean Museum.

Arabic is the official language of 25 countries and is spoken by more than 467 million people across 60 countries. In 2021, the World Bank published an alarming report, which found that 59% of ...

Bollywood has always been a melting pot of cultures, especially when it comes to music. Over the decades, Hindi cinema has borrowed, blended and beautifully reimagined sounds from around the world.

A viral claim has been doing the rounds that New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will require elementary school students to learn Arabic numerals. A viral claim has been doing the rounds that New ...

In mid-November 2025, a rumor spread on X that New York City's Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani would be introducing "Arabic numerals" to schools in the city. One post from the account of the prediction ...

When Ibrahim Maalouf performs at the Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation on Friday, we will hear the notes of his father. The quarter-tone trumpet, set to glisten under the lights, was designed by Nassim ...

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 25: Thursday night, Oct 23, was no ordinary night. It was an exceptional moment in time — one that will remain in the memory of Arabic music. Around thirty elite international ...

Nanovate’s proprietary technology stack is designed to overcome a key challenge in the region: the lack of AI systems trained natively on Arabic linguistic and cultural diversity. Most global large ...

Intella, a provider of Arabic language artificial intelligence speech tools, including transcription and analysis, today announced it raised $12.5 million in an oversubscribed early-stage funding ...