Get ready for two of Oxford Maqam’s sell-out shows in one evening: ‘Tarab and Tango’ and ‘Cairo Nights’, 7pm 1st June at the Greenwood Theatre, London. Get drawn in by unique sounds inspired by 1930s Cairo as the birthplace of Arabic tango, followed by the incredible big band collaboration showcasing 1950s Egypt in the second […]
Sophie Frankford, alongside Dalia Ibrahim and Dr. Kawkab Tawfik, organised a 1-day symposium, ‘Listening in: Music and Power in Egypt’. Sophie also presented her research, with a paper on “Sheikh Imam: The Radio Experiment”. For event link, please see here.
On 4 and 5 October 2024, team members Martin Stokes, Rim Irscheid, Sophie Frankford and PhD student Merel Dubois Van Slageren participated in the panel ‘Of What is Music Capable in Situations of Forced Migration’, in conjunction with the Music and Migration network at EHRSS Bayonne, directed by Denis Laborde, together with Yara al-Ghadhban and […]
‘Beyond 1932’ team attended the performance of the five-member Nasim-e Tarab Ensemble. It was a suite of classical Iranian music composed and arranged by Saeid Kordmafi, based on his extensive research into the music of the Near and Middle East and Central Asia, with a view to approach classical Iranian music from a cross-cultural and […]
Farid took part to the closing event of the Palestinian Sound Archive exhibition, accessible from 27 July to 1 November 2024 at Southbank Centre. It explores archival practice as a decolonial methodology and act of resistance, through sharing archival sounds and images that preserve and document Palestinian heritage, culture and resistance. Palestinian Sound Archive is […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
Olivia Melkonian and Dr Rim Irscheid hosted a sound archiving and memory workshop on Sunday, 2nd February 2025 at the REACH space entitled “Archival Skills Training: Preserving Sound and Memory in Urgent Times”. 18 participants attended the event, both beginners and experienced in archival practices and sound recording.
Come and share with us a unique evening with the electro-tarab vibes of Rust (Petra and Hany) of Levantine origin and living in the Czech Republic. Rust is a Prague-based duo whose music blends the Arabic heritage of melody and poetry with a modern electronic sound. Combining elements of Arabic music with contemporary production and […]
Join us for a special afternoon bringing together artists from Egypt (Sara Hamdy and Shadwa Ali), London-based creatives, researchers, and those interested in contemporary Egyptian music, sound art, and archives. Please RSVP by emailing rim.j.irscheid@kcl.ac.uk
Join us for a multidisciplinary live performance that brings to life Sara Hamdy’s groundbreaking research into the history of electronic music and experimental sound in Egypt.
