Conceived of while on tour with Arab Strap in 2001, Sons and Daughters were initially Adele Bethel's creation. The band's first line-up comprised Bethel, David Gow and Ailidh Lennon, and the band ...

Hamas identified three more Israeli hostages it plans to free as part of the fragile ceasefire agreement, a sign the deal was ...

She remains arguably the most influential Arab singer in and outside the Arab world. In Paris, there were three days of concerts to pay homage. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley went to one of them. (SOUNDBITE ...

Give me liberty and break my chains. The song's lyrics took on political connotations after the defeat of the Six-Day War. Some consider it the Arab song par excellence. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG ...