middle eastern artists

Music
This Collective Is Destroying Western Clichés About Arabic Music
We talked to Arabstazy’s founder about electronic Pan-Arabism, trance music, pride, and claiming one’s cultural heritage.
Théophile Pillault
5.9.18
Music
The Art of Heavy Metal Defiance in the Middle East
At a recent panel discussion in London, Bassem Deaibes from Lebanese thrashers Blaakyum explained why reality is more devastating than fiction
Alex Deller
4.11.17
Entertainment
This Palestinian Artist Embroiders Images of Syrian Gore and Violence
Majd Abdel Hamid's hand-stitched images of Syrians killed in the conflict are somehow more horrifying and real because they are abstract.
Amira Asad
1.10.16