Iranians take spring very seriously, as the first day of spring is actually the beginning of our calender year. Norouz - or New Year - festivities are celebrated in many ways and in many countries across Asia -...
Tonight we devote the entire hour to airing stories from the queer Arab diaspora, recorded live from the March edition of Queer Memoir - an NYC-based storytelling event for the...
Since its formation in 2008, Red Baraat’s distinctive sound has been attracting energetic audiences to clubs, festivals, and packed college auditoriums worldwide. The 8-piece band blends North Indian bhangra rhythms,...
On the 60th anniversary of the armistice of the Korean War—widely referred to as the “Forgotten War,” even as it threatens to reignite on the Korean peninsula today—a new documentary
B|ta'arof is a recently-launched arts and culture print magazine featuring a variety of work from the global Iranian diaspora. From classic images of ads from the 1970's to contemporary portraits of bachelors...
Sublime Frequencies, the Seattle-based record label, are ethnomusicologists, documentarians and travellers who release music and film from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. With releases ranging from Singaporean or...
New York City’s dance floor culture rarely intersects with the world of community-based, social justice activism—but not always. The Brooklyn-based racial justice activist and DJ Thanu Yakupitayage, a.k.a. DJ Ushka, is...
On April 27 and 28, Asia Society’s ‘Creative Voices of Muslim Asia’ is organizing a program of ‘New Sufi Music from Pakistan’, with Pakistani singing star Arif Lohar, accompanied by Brooklyn-based songstress Arooj...
