روح عصفور تغني 
قال ياقومي سأقدر
و النجوم اذا توارت 
خلف غيمات 
ستمطر.....

Ghayem غيم - Ameen Mokdad امين مقداد

Sheherezade
Once upon a time, long ago, there was a brave, smart and charming young woman. She was the daughter of the King’s Prime Minister, and her name was Sheherezade. She possessed the most enchanting voice. People would come from afar to listen to her tell the most captivating stories. 

The Arab King at the time was a mad ruler. He would choose a young woman to marry every night, and at the end of each night, he would send his new wife to be beheaded. Eventually, 3,000 women were killed by the hands of the Arab King. “No woman should ever be trusted,” he would say.

Sheherezade heard about what the King was doing, and one day decided, she would spend a night with the King. Her father objected, but she insisted. She believed that she could put a stop to the killings and wanted to save the rest of the women. She spent the whole night telling the King a story. The King was so enchanted, he asked to hear the ending, but it was the end of the night. Sheherezade told him he will need to wait until the next night to hear the ending. Excitingly, Sheherezade was able to escape the King’s intent to kill her. 

The next night, she finished the story and began a new one, stopping again at the break of dawn. She told the King again, he would need to wait until the next night to hear the ending. Night after night, Sheherezade repeated this storytelling until 1001 nights had passed. She had told him 1001 stories from Aladdin, to Ali Babba, to Sinbad. 

On the 1002 night, Sheherezade ran out of stories to tell to distract the King from wanting to kill her. But the King had changed over this time with Sheherezade. He fell in love with her, and listening to her stories allowed him to grow wiser, more patient, and more kind. The King married Sheherezade and they had three children.

The great composer, Rimsky Korsakov, in his famous ballet, “Sheherezad”, used the violin to portray the voice of Sheherezade and horns to portray the voice of the King. He told the Sheherezade story with music in a wildly imaginative way using many interesting instrumental and orchestral techniques.

This is my own original musical piece and my own interpretation of Sheherezade! I’ve always loved the Sheherezade story and was also inspired by the incredible work of Korsakov. In this piece, I used improvisation as a tool to portray Sheherezade’s voice, mimicking the long suspenseful narrations of the stories she would tell. I also used traditional Middle Eastern instruments, rhythms, and scales, to tell the story in my own way that I’ve always imagined.

Do you hear Sherehezade’s voice?

Do you hear the voice of the mad King at first threatening to kill her, and then being seduced by her stories?

Do you hear the voice of Sheherezade’s maid helping her to plan and weave the tales she would tell the King?

Can you hear and identify the time period and environment this music depicts?
Listen and let Sheherezade enchant and take you with her!

composed by : Yazan al hajari 
Vocals: Marta Garrett
Trombone: Chris Ott
Cello: Joe Zeitlin 
violin  : MAias Alyamani
Kanon: Youssef Nassif-
Nai: Mohamad Fityan

Scheherazade

Scheherazade- شهرزاد- composed by yazan al hajari

سيوران ، مسألة شرف

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01 Capitalism - رأسمالية

بعد أن انتهيت من قراءة المجموعة الشعرية الجديدة "الحب الذي يضاعف الوحدة" للشاعرة المصرية آلاء حسانين، أردت أن احمل الكتاب معي وأن اقوم بقراءة القصائد لكل الذين أصادفهم في طريقي.. لكن حين فكرت وجدت أنّ هناك طريقة أسهل.. بهذه البساطة مسكت الهاتف وسجلت صوتي وأنا أقرأ القصيدة الثالثة من المجموعة بعنوان "الخوف هنا.. ظلُّه على الجدار" 
هناك بعض الأخطاء اللغوية.. قرأت القصيدة على عجل كأنني كنت خائفة من أن ينتهي العالم قبل أن يستمع الناس إلى القصيدة.

الخوف هنا.. ظلُّه على الجدار

Rihan by Maram dagher
composed and arranged by Shalan Al-Hamwi


Rihan - Maram Dagher

Bayna Bayn is Sharq’s debut album, Sharq, a band which was formed back in the beginnings of 2006 in Amman, in an attempt to modernize and develop oriental music in a way that would preserve the music’s authenticity, yet, give it a fresh and new sound. With some of the best musicians in the region, and two vocalists (Male & Female) who beautifully sing Arabic pieces of lyrics and poems by some of the world’s prominent writers. The album includes pieces that are considered excellent examples of the fusion of the past and future, such as the Arabic classic Ajibtu “I Wondered,” a Sufi poem by Mansour Al Hallaj (AD857-AD922), and original compositions such as “Bayna Bayn” by Tareq Al Jundi.

Credits
Oud: Tareq Al Jundi | Flute: Ala’a Takrouri | Violin: Yarub
Smirat | Cello: Khaled Bal’awi | Percussion: Maen Al Sayed Ahmed | Percussion: Nasser Salameh | Vocals:
Lara Elayan, Mohannad Atallah | Compositions: Tareq Al Jundi, Folk | Lyrics: Folk, Mahmoud Darwish, Al-
Hallaj, Duraid Laham

Track List
01 Tango Dance
02 Ala Tareeq Aitat
03 Al Ouf Mash’al
04 220 Volt
05 Ka Makaber Al Shuhada’
06 Samai Hijaz Kar Kurd
07 Yassar
08 Ajibto
09 Yamo
10 Bayna Bayn

Bayna Bayn

Yamo

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Tareq Al Jundi & Sharq - Yamo  طارق الجندي مع فرقة شرق - يامو

سمير كويفاتي 
ميادة بسيليس

Relaxing music from Syria (ليل)

‎⁨ليال وطفة |  نِقصان. ⁩

هكذا ارتأينا، هكذا نعيش، حتى وإن كان الأمر مختلفاً، علينا أن نستمر كآخرين..

محمد تيسير