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Arab Music Thrives in New York
by Siddhartha Mitter
NEW YORK, NY March 10, 2008 —A major festival of Arab music is taking place in Brooklyn all this month. After 9/11 there were fears that funding and opportunities for Arab artists would dry up. Siddhartha Mitter reports on the thriving scene for Arab music in New York.
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