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WRITING

• 5 Independent Record Labels Bringing The Sounds Of The Middle East To The World. The GRAMMYs, Oct 2024.

• Get To Know TUL8TE, The Rising Arab Pop Star Bringing Egyptian Culture To The World. The GRAMMYs, Oct 2024.

• For Zeyne, Music is Rooted in Authentic Representation of Identity. Sa’alouni El Nas, July 2024.

• Saudi Rapper Blvxb Says Hip-Hop ‘Saved My Life’—Now, He’s Using It To Help Others. The National, July 2024.

• Lebanese Artist Dana Hourani Grounds Her Music in Vulnerability. Sa’alouni El Nas, July 2024.

• The 50 Best Arabic Pop Songs of the 21st Century. Rolling Stone, Apr 2024.

• Saudi Singer Fulana is Anything but Anonymous. GQ Middle East, Apr 2024.

• The Perfect Storm. SPIN, April 2024.

• DYSTINCT Is Taking Moroccan Culture Global, One Hit at a Time. Rolling Stone, Feb 2024.

• إليانا تجدد الأمل بموسيقى عربية جامعة ينتشر صداها حول العالم. Billboard Arabia, Feb 2024.

• The Egyptian Rapper Wegz Wants to Take Arabic Hip-Hop Worldwide. The New York Times, Nov 2023.

• The Redemption of Moroccan Rapper, ElGrandeToto. GQ Middle East, Oct 2023.

• Multidisciplinary Lebanese Artist Blu Fiefer Plays Chess in a Music Industry That Plays Checkers. GQ Middle East, Sep 2023.

• Artist Spotlight: Tamtam the Saudi artist turning pop into poetry. SceneNoise, Mar 2023.

• Arabic Music Is on the Brink of a Global Breakthrough. Pitchfork, Mar 2023.

• Get to Know the New Perrie, the Egyptian-Moroccan Artist Whose Latest Album is Her Most Vulnerable Yet. GQ Middle East, Mar 2023.

• Rita L’Oujdia: The artist putting Morocco on the global music map. Middle East Eye, Feb 2023.

• 10 Arab artists you need to listen to in 2023. Esquire Middle East, Jan 2023.

• Starting a new story for Black artists in the Gulf: Somali-UAE rapper Freek mashes up the beat, Arab style. The New Arab, Oct 2022.

• Music in “Mo” Pays Homage to Palestinian Artists. Institute for Palestine Studies, Sep 2022.

• Catching a vibe: Nadine El Roubi's artistry is as elegant as it is enigmatic. The New Arab, Jul 2022.

• The Celtics didn't win it all this year, but they still make me happy. WBUR, Jun 2022.

• How Egypt's mahraganat music marvels in Disney's Moon Knight. The New Arab, Apr 2022.

• Reattaching rhythmical roots: How Arab artists in the diaspora navigate identity through musical expression. The New Arab, Mar 2022.

• Hip Hop Finds Its Groove in North Africa. New Lines Magazine, Feb 2021.

• After the Beirut blasts, the Lebanese diaspora is left between helplessness and guilt. The Washington Post, Apr 2020.

features

• In Conversation with Danny Hajjar, the Unofficial Ambassador of Arabic Music. Mille World, July 2024.

• Sa’alouni El Nas: A digital sobhiye for the global MENA community. L’Orient Today, May 2022.

• Danny Hajjar’s Weekly Newsletter “Sa’alouni El Nas” Spotlights the Best Music From the Middle East and Africa. GQ Middle East, Mar 2022.

audio

• Amid airstrikes and armed conflict, Lebanese musicians hit a somber note. NPR, Oct 2024

• ‘We’re just taking space.’ How Arabic music is breaking through to new audiences. PBS NewsHour, Apr 2023.

• A new wave of Arab musical artists are gaining global traction. NPR, Mar 2023.

• Arabic music is having a cultural moment thanks to TikTok. WDET 101.9 FM, Apr 2023.