Ramzi Salti's Arabology

Emel Mathlouthi will perform in San Francisco on May 16, 2017 If there is one concert that San Franciscans cannot afford to miss this year, it is Emel Mathlouthi's performance at the Swedish American Hall in San Francisco on Tuesday May 16, 2017 at 8 pm (doors open at 7 pm). Make sure you get your tickets at this link . This one-night only San Francisco concert is part of Mathlouthi's world tour as she promotes her critically acclaimed new album Ensen ( for other places click here ).  It also marks her first return to the bay area since her unforgettable concert at Stanford's Bing Concert Hall in October 2016. Tunisian prominent Singer/Songwriter Emel second album Ensen was produced by her own record label “Little Human Records” and released on Partisan Records on 24 February 2017.  This much anticipated album wowed critics and audiences worldwide--not an easy feat considering the fact that Emel’s first album, Kelmti Horra (My Word is Free) is considered as &

The new issue of Qahwa features a lengthy article/interview with Stanford Lecturer + Arabology radio show host Dr. Ramzi Salti about (mostly) indie/alternative Arabic music. You can read the entire piece, authored by Zahraa Hmood, at this link: http://joom.ag/OMSW/p24 Below are screen shots of the interview which appears in full here .

https://soundcloud.com/arabology/arabology111 Arabology is back with a new show that aired on KZSU 90.1 FM in April 2017.  Podcast is now available at https://soundcloud.com/arabology/arabology111 Hosted by Stanford Lecturer Dr. Ramzi Salti, this episode featured groundbreaking music from the Arab world  + interviews with this year's winners of the Techwadi/RiseUp Summit. Listen below or at THIS LINK .