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RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and the President of the Comoros, Azali Assoumani, held talks on Friday on the sidelines of the G77 + China Summit in the Cuban capital, Havana. The prince passed on the greetings and appreciation of King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Assoumani, and their best wishes to the.
Hala Al-Turk ‘Allo Ya Habibti’ The Bahraini pop star dropped her new single on Platinum Records last week and the accompanying video has already racked up over 1.3 million views on YouTube. The lively, danceable track is the first that Al-Turk has released in the Egyptian dialect, and the video plays on that country’s cinematic heritage with a glamorous old-school vibe.
‘Rayess Bek’
Singer-songwriter Miran Gurunian started writing the latest release from his upcoming album ‘Notes From Underground’ in 2017 after Lebanon’s garbage crisis. “With the October 2019 uprising, I was inspired again by the people on the streets,” Gurunian tells Arab News. “The song was as relevant as when I first wrote it.” The lyrics are set in part to the Lebanese national anthem. And while he didn’t sit down with the intention of writing a political track, Gurunian says, “If you live in Lebanon, you cannot but write socio-political songs.”
Skeleton Crowd
‘Unus Mundus’
The Jeddah-based indie duo (Abdulmalik Zubailah and Faris Alosbyani) should be releasing their debut LP next year. In the meantime, they’ve dropped this heavy electro-rock track influenced by Nine Inch Nails, among others. Lyrical inspiration apparently came from Carl Jung and according to a press release, the track is about “accepting individuality” and “moving beyond