Ultimate underdog Mohammed Assaf, who snuck out of the Gaza Strip to attend the Cairo auditions, captures the hearts of the region. By David Caspi While still fighting for independence and global ...

Cases of Gazans being permitted to move to the West Bank are extremely rare, but Israeli authorities have made an exception for the 'Arab Idol' star and his family. By The Associated Press JERUSALEM ...

Why does Israel hate Palestinian singer, Mohammed Assaf? On October 16, Avi Dichter, Israeli Member of Parliament from the right-wing Likud Party, announced that Assaf’s special permit to enter the ...

The winner of season 2 of Arab Idol Mohammed Assaf joins us on Yahoo Stars fresh off his performance at the Mawazine festival in Morocco. The singer was recently at the centre of a media storm ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Hundreds of Palestinian youths lined up outside a luxury hotel at the crack of dawn on Monday for a chance to compete in the Arab world’s premier talent show, hoping to ...

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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — American comedian Dave Chappelle said Thursday a “genocide” is striking the Gaza Strip amid the Israel-Hamas war to cheers during his performance in the capital ...