SIDI YAHYA ZAER, Morocco (AP) — Mbarka Moullablad’s family frowned when she first told them she planned to make a living as a cheikha, singing about love, pain, and societal change to the melodies of ...

After winning second place on “Arab Super Star,” Lebanon’s version of “American Idol” in 2007, a young Moroccan singer spent the next few years in the U.S., performing popular Arabic songs in ...

Said Tichiti, founder of the Budapest, Hungary-based band Chalaban, is excited to lead the group on its first tour of North America, from Montreal to New York, Miami and Los Angeles — with a stop in ...