From self-doubt to self-definition, the singer on staying grounded, motherhood and the sound of something lasting.

Iraqi pop stars, tainted by association with Saddam Hussein's rule, are slowly making a comeback, but, as in politics, it's the exiles who are hogging the limelight.

Iraq's politicians, fearing that voters have wearied of speech-making that often proves to be little more than hot air, have hired a slew of singers to woo them. They have bought the pens of poets ...

BAGHDAD Iraqs politicians, fearing that voters have wearied of speech-making that often proves to be little more than hot air, have hired a slew of singers to woo them. They have bought the pens ...

A Melbourne-based film on Iraqi music in pre-Saddam Hussein days reveals the suppressed role of Jewish musicians, writes Arnold Zable. WHEN ACTOR MAJID Shokor fled Iraq for Jordan in 1995, ...

The singers called on Arab leaders to stand by Iraq and Palestine and unite as one. According to the London based Elaph, the operetta originally written by Hilim Baker, was sung at the Cairo Opera ...

With Iraq suffering from sectarian violence, lack of a new government and such basic services as electricity, the arts would seem far down the list of national priorities. But one Iraqi, in self ...

Iraq’s politicians, fearing that voters have wearied of speech-making that often proves to be little more than hot air, have hired a slew of singers to woo them. They have bought the pens of poets and ...

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq — Farouk Hassan's eyes well up with tears as he cranks his car's CD player and sings along with the latest hit, a lament to his lost love: violence-torn Baghdad. But it is not ...

Three Iraqi police officers, one unseen, ... Iraq politicians send singers to woo weary voters. Published March 5, 2010 . 0. Join our Whatsapp channel.

Iraq's politicians, fearing that voters have wearied of speech-making that often proves to be little more than hot air, have come up with a new strategy. Thursday, June 19, 2025 News ...