NPR's Emily Feng talks with the German-Syrian duo Shkoon, who are returning to their roots with the release of their new album FIRAQ. Shkoon's album 'FIRAQ' gets to their roots, fusing Arabic folklore ...

Another excellent Sublime Frequencies collection of Omar Souleyman's work, these very modern electronic Arabic folk songs were recorded live. Save this story Save this story The Arabic word "jazeera" ...

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THORBEN DIEKMANN: Shkoon is basically the first Arabic word that I learned from Ameen back in 2015, and it means what. DIEKMANN: It's kind of like the first impression that we get when people hear our ...

NPR's Emily Feng talks with the German-Syrian duo Shkoon, who are returning to their roots with the release of their new album FIRAQ. Sponsor Message THORBEN DIEKMANN: Shkoon is basically the first ...