“I Sing Because I’m Happy”

Philadelphia is an amazing city: historic, rich in the arts, and incredibly diverse. I am proud to call it my home. I don’t always take full advantage of it, however. Life has a rhythm, which means that I usually eat the same foods, drive on the same roads, and watch the same sports teams lose…

An Overdue Appreciation for Arabic Musical Heritage

Love it or hate it, pop music has a way of highlighting the trends and themes of the era in which they are produced in, a characteristic which can take us back to unexpected trips down memory lane. Such is the case with me, a person who 1) seldom listens to Arabic music and 2)…

#iSingArabic: A breeze with Hanna Khoury

“Yaa hawa, yaa hawa, yalli tayer bil hawa…” The voices of over a hundred students chant the Fairuz hit, their vocals fundamentally in harmony before they are brought into total synchronization by Music Director Hanna Khoury.