The Twelve Muqam are considered the most prestigious music of the Uighur people of Xinjiang in northwest China. In terminology, they are allied to the Arabo-Persian maqam system; muqam is the Turkic-language variant of this Arab term, and many names...

A muqam is the melody type used in Uyghur music, that is, a musical mode and set of melodic formulas used to guide improvisation and composition. The muqam system developed among the Uyghur in northwest China and Central Asia over approximately the last...

A suicide bombing at the home of a Pakistan government minister in the northwestern city of Peshawar killed at least four people on Friday, police said. The minister was unhurt.The attack happened at the residence of the minister for political affairs, Amir Muqam, and also...