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…
Tag: I Sing Arabic
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.