The word ‘Arabic’ is used to refer to the official language of more than 24 countries. Yet, this word is understood differently, and indeed sometimes contradictorily, by different people. For the ...

At the launch party of his band's first album in a crowded Beirut café, singer Anas Maghrebi steps up to the microphone in front of a crowd of hip guys and women in vintage glasses, sipping icy drinks ...