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Maqamat Oxford

Special music night performed by the ” Oxford Maqam Band”. Hailing from various backgrounds, what brings Oxford Maqam together is a deep appreciation for music of the Arab world and Turkey of the 19th to mid 20th centuries. Oxford Maqam, the traditional takht (chamber ensemble) performs with an ear for the more cosmopolitan and improvisatory […]

Striking a Diplomatic Note 17

DAI in corporation with the Embassy of Algeria invites you to a special Music Night performed by Abdelkader Chaou. Abdelkader Chaou (born November 10, 1941, in the Casbah of Algiers) is an Algerian musician who is well known in Algeria for his own style of chaâbi music, both as a singer and a mondol vituoso. […]

An evening of Iraqi Folklore

Music Night ” An evening of Iraqi Folklore” performed by Abdelhameed Albannay. Abdelhameed Albannay is specialized in the Iraqi Maqam for 45 years. Across the Arab world, maqam refers to specific melodic modes. When a musician performs maqam performances, the performer improvises, based on rules. There are a number of different maqams, each with its […]

Representation of Power in Southern Arabia in the Early Centuries CE

Sabina Antonini Dr Sabina Antonini is the Director of the Italian Archaeological Mission in Yemen for Monumenta Orientalia (Rome). From 1984 to 2013, she was the archaeologist and principal art historian for the mission’s excavations. Since 2012, she has contributed to CNRS (Paris) archaeological efforts in Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia. She is the author of […]

Youth Talents

Yarmouk Cultural Centre In order to encourage and support young people through the cultural season programs, we invite you to an evening of “Youth Talents” which will be presented for the first time by a group of young people and artists. Different music (oriental and western) performed by Talal Khalid, Hussain Aljanna, Ahmad Alsanea, yaqoub […]

The Revenge of Peter Rabbit.

A hero must be found to remove the rabbit-greedy and fur- loving McGregors from the farm, but who? All the animals live under the shadow of the ‘Witch and Monster’ except for fearless little Peter Rabbit and his mischievous friends. What happens when Tom Kitten almost becomes Mr Samuel Whiskers’ rolypoly pudding, or Squirrel Nutkin […]