Latest Past Events

‘Beyond 1932’ host the Middle East and Central Asia Music Forum (MECAMF)

King’s College London – Music Department Strand building @ Room SWB 20-21, London

The Middle East and Central Asia Music Forum has been running since 2007 and is open to researchers, students and anyone interested in the music and culture of the region. The Forum is convened by Professor Laudan Nooshin from City St George’s, University of London (l.nooshin@city.ac.uk) and Professor Rachel Harris from SOAS, University of London […]

Counterpoints – Annual event 2024

Hoxton Hall Hoxton street, London

Rim and Farid as members of  Counterpoints network participated to the ‘Annual Get Together’ in 4 December 2024, co-hosted with Unbound Philanthropy. The event gathered artists, cultural networks, and organisations working with refugees. It was also an opportunity to celebrate the work done in 2024 and share plans for 2025.

MESA Conference 2024 – Panel VII ‘Melodious Resistance: Music, Politics, and Pedagogy’

Sophie Frankford and Yara Salahiddeen recently participated in a panel at the annual conference of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) entitled Melodious Resistance: Music, Politics and Pedagogy.   Sophie Frankford Between Welfare and Exclusion: The Shifting Role of Egypt’s Musicians’ Syndicate When Egypt’s Musicians’ Syndicate was established in 1944, thanks in part to the […]