Rim Irscheid presents “At Home in the Uncanny: A Sonic Exploration of Urban Aesthetics, Ethics, and Care in Post-Explosion Lebanon and Egypt” at the Middle East and Central Asian Music Forum.
Hardi Kurda (Residency Artist) and Rim Irscheid (chair) present “Archive Khanah x Beyond 1932 Residencies: Performing Kurdish Sound Archives” at the Middle East and Central Asian Music Forum.
What is the role of citizens and local communities in preserving the sound of their region? Who decided what music and sounds are ‘worth’ being archived? And how should we engage with archives as sites of both remembering and forgetting? As part of the ERC’s Beyond 1932 Research Project at King’s College London, sound artist […]
Ibrahim Muslimani presents on the musical heritage of Aleppo, focusing particularly on the art of Muwashshahat. Martin Stokes and Sophie Frankford participated in performing this musical repertoire alongside Ibrahim.
Martin Stokes organised a 1-day workshop on May 31, ‘Song and Dance-scapes in Popular Turkish, Greek and Egyptian Cinema/Theatre’, with Anne R David (Roehampton KCL), Dafni Tragaki (University of Thessaly), Carole Woodall (University of Colorado, Colorado Springs), Lydia Papadimitriou (John Moores University, Liverpool), Cüneyt Çakırlar (Nottingham University), Samar Abderrahman (Liverpool University), Iain Smith (KCL), Yara […]
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 […]