Arab Diaspora

The Diasporic Gaze: Aesthetics of a Remigrating Egyptian Identity

Diasporic Gaze

The Diasporic Gaze: Aesthetics of a Remigrating Egyptian Identity

As more Egyptians born and raised abroad move back home, they carry with them a diasporic gaze that’s easy to detect and hard to ignore.

By Amuna Wagner

Five Years After Her Debut, Inez Drops Sophomore Album Farasha

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Five Years After Her Debut, Inez Drops Sophomore Album Farasha

Five years after her debut, Inez returns with Farasha, an ambitious album embracing Arab sounds and emotional vulnerability.

By Rolling Stone MENA Staff

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Arabic-ish: The Strange Grief of Half-Speaking Your Mother Tongue

An intimate essay on the strange grief of understanding your mother tongue, but never feeling fluent enough to truly call it your own.

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The Arab Comedians Reshaping Paris’s Stand-Up Scene

Across three generations, Arab comedians have evolved from self-censoring outsiders into a driving force behind Paris's stand-up boom.

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Resistance Needs Recovery, Mazikaa is Building the Space for Both

From intimate living rooms to major stadiums, the Amkieh sisters are building a new cultural home for the SWANA community with Mazikaa.

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Michael Hakim on Diaspora Pop as a Gateway to Arabic Music

Michael Hakim isn't seeking validation from the Arab world. He's building AR&B, a new sound shaped by the Arab diaspora's hybrid identity.

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Arab Diasporic Music and The Uneasy Performance of Home

Under the weight of representation and identity politics, Salma Mousa examines the Arab diaspora's longing for a home that doesn't exist.