Confession: every time anyone mentioned Omar Suleiman - the guy Hosni Mubarak appointed as Vice-President of Egypt - in the last month, I couldn’t help but think of this guy Omar Souleyman. Souleyman is the …

Having recently checked out the African mash-up lovefest that is Secousse on Friday at a party in London, I’m hooked to the sounds of Ize Teixiera - who performed live his own special mix of …

“Look up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s an Arab superhero and he came to bring change”. This is a line from the track “Superhero” on Omar Offendum’s (born Chakaki) debut …

These words symbolize the power of writing and art on a wall. In this TED Talk, Estria Miyashiro’s speaks about his youth mural group repainting a faded old mural of Martin Luther King, Jr., in a …

In “A Country Called Amreeka” author Alia Malek captures what it means to be Arab and American through narrative storytelling. Chronicling key turning points in contemporary history through the eyes of Arabs living in the U.S., Malek covers the decades that have made the Middle East, Arabs and Muslims so prominent - through tarnished reminders - in the American consciousness. Malek speaks to This is Worldtown about the journey that led her to publish this book, and the problem of an “invisibility gap” that serves to further vilify and distort images of Arabs and Muslims in the U.S.

Poetry International, the biennial festival of - you guessed it - international poetry returns to London this weekend. The festival itself features poets, readings, music and translations from over twenty countries, but the emphasis this …

“Microphone” is the new production by Egyptian director Ahmad Abdalla. Using documentary style through a fictionalized narrative, Microphone tells the story of Alexandria’s underground music scene. However, Abdalla changes - or so we’re told - …

If you ask many young listeners about hip hop’s history, you’d scant hear about its roots in African-American culture, about its foundation as a subculture taking root from East Coast to West Coast, a movement …

As the South Asian subcontinent changes at extraordinary speed, there’s no shortage of interest among writers inspired by the region’s fragile borders, captivating landscapes, and endless complexities. To formally recognise that interest and centre on …

At long last, Dead Prez land in Vancouver performing to a sold-out audience. Features Contributor Fathima Cader covered their hyped gig at Fortune Sound Club on September 27th, 2010, with Vancouver finally getting a hit of, arguably, hip-hop’s most politically charged tour de force.