Music

Dushan-Bangers: Female Voices of 1980s Tajik Pop

Raï: Exclamations of the Algerian Underground

What Does the Lady Say? The Legacy of Umm Kulthum

The Sincerest Form of Flattery: Imitation and Creativity in Turkmen Wedding Music

Yan Matusevich tracks the global influences of a national scene

The Future of Musical Heritage

DIY ethnographers discuss prospects of field and archival recordings

Notes on the History of Central Asian Jazz. Part 3

Hamdam Zakirov on the Turkmenian scene and the legacy of Fergana festival

Circassian Chanson: From Ritual to Subculture and Back

An essay in the wake of an expedition to the North Caucasus

Drone Jazz, Bamboo Flute, and Blaring Trumpets—Mix by Radio is a Foreign Country

Muqata'a on the Reality of Sound and Fiction of Borders

Notes on the History of Central Asian Jazz. Part 2

Shouka Records: Engaging in Cultural Reappropriation

Neo-Ambient, Futuristic Kuduro, and Egyptian Drum’n’Bass—Mix by MSYLMA

Lualua Vol. 1: Treasures of Qatar, Hosted by Inzhener Zemli

Notes on the History of Central Asian Jazz

MENA Modular, Punk, and Electro-Dub—Mix by Hive Mind Records

Qatari Vaporwave: Bloodburn’s “Disk Of Dreams”

Sounds from the Gulf—Mix by Mothanna Hussein

Lost Tapes, Moroccan Chanson, and Cairene Avantgarde—Mix by Koyil