As I tribute, I am sharing his poem "Kana Sadiqi" كان صديقي [He Was My Friend], an Arabic poem written by Iraqi poet Karim Aliraqi كريم العراقي aka Karim Odeh كريم عوده, about finding himself in the ...

--All Tracks are FCC CLEAN— DJ Nader is known for his amazing remixes all over the Arab world. In this compilation—which can be played as independent tracks or as one long uninterrupted megamix (put ...

Zain Al Rafeea’s performance is quite authentic as his role seems to mirror his lived experience where the young actor (who was born in Daraa, Syria, in 2004) fled with his real-life family to Lebanon ...

Introduction: A Cultural Icon and the Voice of the Arab World On February 3, 2025, we mark the 50th anniversary of the death of the legendary Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum, one of the most influential ...

Film Discussion + Free Screening of "When Monaliza Smiled" on July 22, 2020 (Stanford by Zoom) Join us on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 8:30 pm (PST) for an online conversation between Stanford Lecturer ...

Below are Arabology's Top 20 podcasts for 2024. Most are available on such music platforms as Apple Podcasts and Spotify but newer ones are increasingly being hosted on YouTube which gives these shows ...

It is our pleasure to share this video recording of Dr. Ramzi Salti's audio-visual talk at Stanford in which he celebrated Fairuz's 90th birthday (this year) through a journey of the Lebanese icon's ...

Published on July 12, 2024 and penned by Ariana Prohel--who also interviewed Dr. Salti--the show and podcast are part The California Report --KQED's daily statewide radio news program--which also ...

Website for Stanford Lecturer + Arabology program host Dr. Ramzi Salti ft his academic events, talks, Arabology blog, podcasts and YouTube Program.

Here is my modest attempt to translate Fairuz's song "Khidni Ya Habibi خدني يا حبيبي " [Take Me Away, My Love] from Arabic into English. This song has always had a special place in my heart, as does ...

Reviewed by Dr. Ramzi Salti, Stanford University The second season of Mo, Netflix’s heartfelt dramedy, picks up where the first left off, delving deeper into the struggles of Mo Najjar, a ...