Section: Music
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Electronic producer Waleed on the universality of dance music
The Iraqi-Puerto Rican artist on his musical journey ahead of the release of his debut EP Magdalena
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The unstoppable story of the Dur-Dur Band
Founded in the cultural melting pot of 1980s Mogadishu, torn apart by war, reunited, then hobbled by Covid-19, a revitalised version of the Somali funk group is back on the road
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The electro club night serving Arab Berliners a dose of nostalgia — with a twist
Nour Nouralla founded Sahra to fill a gap in Berlin’s world-famous nightlife. But Germany’s cultural landscape remains hostile to Arab cultural events
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The forward-looking fusions of Sheherazaad
The San Francisco-based singer is the latest in a wave of artists winning widespread acclaim with innovative reinterpretations of traditional South Asian music
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‘Myths bring us together’: The Halfway Kid on the power of folk music as storytelling and protest
The British-Sudanese singer’s new album explores the beauty and struggles of being part of a large migrant family, while processing the realities of a home torn apart by war
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Qais Essar: ‘Music is banned in Afghanistan. The quieter it gets there, the louder I have to be’
On two new albums, the boundary-breaking artist pushes the traditional rabab into uncharted territory
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Mustafa: ‘All I can do is remain as sincere as possible in the midst of all this madness’
The Canadian-Sudanese folk artist on his stunning new album Dunya, and how music should be a vehicle to speak out against injustice
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Another Sky: the festival exploring experimental music from the Swana region
The London event brings together experimental artists from south-west Asia and north Africa and the diaspora, exploring the possibilities of sounds and composition
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The surprising sounds of the Silk Roads
With a long history as a cultural crossroads, a new compilation shows how 1980s Uzbekistan became a crucible of sonic fusion — from Uyghur rock to glitzy disco
