Rust’s Electro-Tarab: challenging Eurocentric narratives about Arabic music production | Songlines
Thursday, April 10, 2025

Rust’s Electro-Tarab: challenging Eurocentric narratives about Arabic music production

By Rim Irscheid

Rim Irscheid unpacks the stigma faced by Arabic diaspora musicians and how Syrian-Lebanese duo Rust are subverting expectations

Rust Masar

Rust

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