With a focus on music from the Middle East and North Africa, Habibi Funk co-founder and curator Jannis Stürtz and his team have been reissuing some of the most unexpected and exciting releases of the ...

In London’s Jazz Cafe, the sound of Egyptian legend Umm Kulthum’s song Alf Leila Wleila is reverberating around an atmosphere of anticipation. Fragments of light are reflecting off the Camden venue’s ...

Habibi Funk, the acclaimed Berlin-based label dedicated to music from the Arabic-speaking world, has unveiled its next release, a compilation of recordings by renowned Lebanese musician Rogér Fakhr.

Based in Berlin, the label Habibi Funk took its name from an online comment about one of its mixes. "Habibi" is actually the Arabic word for "darling," which seems fitting for a company intent on ...

Jannis Stürtz, founder of record label Habibi Funk and DJ is coming back to Electric Pawn Shop this weekend. With Stürtz and bar co-owner Lobito on the decks, the Habibi Funk event is taking place on ...

Attarazat Addahabia, with Abdelakabir Faradjallah, third from right. (Courtesy of Habibi Funk) Abdelakabir Faradjallah was destined to become an artist. Born in Casablanca’s Benjdia neighborhood in ...

Habibi Funk, the label highlighting classic music from across the Arab World, shares a track from Sudanese jazz artist Sharhabeel Ahmed which features on new compilation If you’ve read something you ...

Following this week's terrible disaster in Beirut, one of our favourite reissue labels Habibi Funk have put together a compilation of artists from the city, which is now available on Bandcamp with 100 ...

"I didn't make it to homecoming last year so i made a list off all the songs that reminded me of my time in college in ATL (Clark Atlanta). The end result was this mix. Over a hour long and I'm pretty ...

The Habibi Funk label focuses on reissuing Arab disco, funk, soul and electronic records from across the decades. Habibi Funk DJ sets jump between rare 45 inch records from the Arab disapora, with ...