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 ...

Crowds across Gaza and the West Bank exploded in celebration Saturday night when a young Palestinian man named Mohammad Assaf won the pop star title of Arab Idol. "Look, see, what Assaf is doing!" ...

Striking up a conversation with Mohammed Assaf is not as easy as one might assume. Sitting on a stool in a conference room at The Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi, the former Palestinian refugee-turned pop ...

In 2013, a 22-year-old Palestinian named Mohammed Assaf won the second edition of the Middle Eastern singing competition Arab Idol, a spinoff of the same popular British Pop Idol franchise that also ...

RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Thousands of excited Gaza residents have mobbed the area's southern border crossing with Egypt to welcome home the winner of the Arab Idol talent contest. Around 4,000 people ...

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 following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General. Questions and Answers Question: Thank you, Stéphane. First, I have a ...