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 ...

"Arab Idol" is an over-the-top TV ratings smash in the Middle East, and a young crooner from a Palestinian refugee family, whom admirers have nicknamed "the Rocket," is stealing the show. The surprise ...

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 ...

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!" ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hundreds of Palestinian youths line up waiting for a chance to compete in the Arab world's premier talent show “Arab Idol,” ...

Arab Idol winner Mohammad Assaf will sing at the opening ceremony of the 64th FIFA Congress in Brazil, scheduled to start two days before the start of the World Cup in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Assaf will be ...