Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Company, a Massachusetts purveyor of fair-trade organic coffee from around the world, has created a scholarship fund to support the Arabic Music Retreat. The fund is focused on bringing talented young musicians from Palestine to the Read More …

Congratulations to our Executive and Artistic Director Simon Shaheen! On June 3, 2017 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the American University in Beirut. Here is a video of him receiving his award, as well as his remarks and Read More …

Registration for the 2017 Retreat is now open. You can link to the registration form in the PDF docyment below. Your option is to print out the PDF form, fill it out by hand and mail it in, or you Read More …

Film-maker Alejandro Cisneros made this film about the Retreat in 2015. It was produced in conjunction with fundraising for our scholarship fund. It gives a great view of what the program is like at the Retreat as well as the Read More …

Journalist Jim Bessman of New York attended the Retreat Gala on November 12th and wrote this article about the event:  Simon Shaheen celebrates 20th anniv of Arabic Music Retreat at Harvard Club.