A treat for the senses in the form of mystic music will be available to University students next weekend. As part of the final weekend of the Arab World Music Festival, three artists will perform ...
Should an artist’s faith determine what happens to their work when they die? The death of one of France’s most successful rappers has raised this question. French rapper Werenoi, whose real name was ...
If you saw him on the street, you might mistake him for a member of One Direction with his hair and his style — but his name is Harris J. The 18-year-old British singer scored a deal with Awakening ...
“Awakening” is a self-styled Islamic media company founded in London 20 years ago. It has produced some of the most popular contemporary pop music in the Muslim world; much like Christian rock, this ...
Popular Islamic singer, Abdul-Lateef Kehinde Oriyomi, has revealed why he switched from secular music to the Islamic genre. In a chat with The Nation, Oriyomi disclosed that he began his musical ...
The largest Islamic arts festival in America returns to the University of Houston for its 12th year, featuring more than 5,000 works by over 50 artists from across the country. The two-day event ...
Liz Toussaint is an amazingly talented musician who is cut from a different cloth. At first glance, you may expect the vocals of your favorite R&B songstress to come from her. That is not the case.
In its telling, the story of a notorious lynching of Jews is not unusual. The storyteller, however, is: Abdurrahman Wahid, the former Indonesian president, and a leading Muslim scholar. In an ...
The 18-year-old British singer says his faith is a misunderstood one. He's hoping his music will help change that. Harris J: Pop Music Meets Islam If you saw him on the street, you might mistake him ...