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How four teenagers smuggled the first electric guitar into Jerusalem

“We were walking outside the old city walls of Jerusalem, right between Herod’s Gate and Damascus Gate,” Hagop Kaplanian recalls exactly — one step at a time — how The Flintstones came to be Palestine’s first rock band. Strolling through early ‘60s Jerusalem, only high schoolers at the time and infatuated with the few Beatles […]

Hanumankind ‘Runs it Up’ at Coachella: Behind the scenes of an iconic US debut

It’s less than one month before Coachella, and rapper Hanumankind, real name Sooraj Cherukat, is fully immersed in preparation mode. “It’s wild to think that our first performance in the US is Coachella,” the rapper says, slightly bemused. “We’re getting psyched and trying to get into the right headspace—trying to find that balance between making […]

Introducing a style guide to MDLBEAST’s newest concept ‘A Thousand and One’ festival

MDLBEAST have done it again. Their newest venture, A Thousand And One, is a two-day festival celebrating creativity, sound, and the art of escape. Set to run from April 24 to 25 in Riyadh, the festival blends electronic music with immersive storytelling across multiple thematic stages—spotlighting talent from the region and beyond. As the entertainment […]