هي مدرسة تراثية حضارية مستقلة، لتعليم العلوم الإسلامية بدوائرها الأربعة (شرعية ولغوية وإنسانية وطبيعية) لغير المتخصصين، مع تخريج جيل من المتخصيين، وذلك في مسارات وأنظمة مختلفة، بقيم حاكمة، وإدارة رائدة.

م. أيمن عبدالرحيم

مهندس ولغوي مصري، له عدة محاضرات ودورات فكرية فى مجال التاريخ واللغة ومداخل العلوم.

Eclectic / rhythm-driven / global / organic / SWANA / Latin / Afro / tech / retro house / whatever+++ / IG @omniria_dj

Cairokee first started by the name “The Black Star “performing their favorite covers in both English & Arabic at various gigs around the country. It wasn’t until later till they decided on the name “Cairokee”; inspired by both the words Cairo and karaoke, and mixing up the two words, meaning the band is singing along with Cairo. The band was later officially formed in 2003, and is currently consisting of Amir Eid (vocals & rhythm guitar), Tamer Hashem (drums), Sherif Hawary (Lead guitar), Adam El-Alfy (bass guitar) and Sherif Mostafa (Keyboard). Cairokee’s sound evolved tremendously from one album to the next, reflecting their goals and continuous ambition to sing along with Cairo, which is a fast paced and ever evolving City. 

The idea of writing their lyrics, playing music and performing live for local and global audiences (all before the age of 30) was a dream come true for all the band members who have always been childhood friends. Their first major hit was “Sout El Horeya” which has over millions of views on YouTube and was ranked a world record as one of the most watched videos in the shortest period of time. Soon after their success, came “Matloob Zaeem, “Ethbat Makanak” and more hits followed.In a digitally ruled world, Cairokee have always managed to come on top with massive smash hits such as “Yal Midan” featuring Aida ElAyoubi, pushing the song to the number one most video in the history of Facebook and eventually lead the album “Matloob Zaeem” to top the Egyptian charts for months. Their second album “Wana Maa Nafsy Aaed” followed in the big steps on “Matloob Zaeem” back in 2012, in addition to single mega hits such as “Ehna El Shaab” written by the legendary Abd El Rahman El Abnoudy. In 2014, Cairokee released “ El Sekka Shemal”, carving a new benchmark in their long road of success featuring collaborations with Souad Massi and the legendary Ahmed Fouad Negm.

Nawa Band is a band that is concerned with reviving and propagating muwashahat and Qudud of all forms, religious and non-religious, and documenting FUSOOL of inherited DHIKR in Syria after having compared the anciently written scripts with the orally passed down identified ones. Nawa Band performs this heritage worldwide in the most integral and sincere form, preserving its purity and spirituality to the highest level.
The band was formed in Aleppo in 2009 by the musician Ibrahim Muslimani. It gathered an elite group of musicians and performers spurred by passion to perform compositions and FUSOOL from the first half of the 20th century that were either forgotten or misrepresented through time. Nawa selects compositions according to both artistic and historical value, not merely according to ancient relevance, apart from touristic folklore.
The old Syrian composers, both acknowledged and unacknowledged, played a significant role in enriching the musical reminiscence. Our endeavour today is to document and bring their masterpieces back to life and to heartily put them in the hands of the noble audience and musicians. This comes out of a hope to contribute to the rising of a new musical renaissance with genuine and strong roots, a renaissance connecting the present with our glorious past and leading them both to a luminous future.
The name “Nawa” is in line with our musical vision. Nawa is a Maqam name and it is the fifth note in the musical scale. As in the linguistic meaning, (Nawa) stands for the (Core), the distance and destination and the voyage in between. Therefore, by Nawa, we mean a fine art in which the human travels, body and soul, from one status to another and from one level to a higher one, abandoning ghosts and valuing souls. “Every person will harvest what they intended” – this is what Nawa is about.

نــــــــوا فِرْقـــــةٌ تهتــمُّ بإحيـاء ونشْـر المُوَشّحـات والقـدود بنوعَيْهـا: الـدينيّ والـغزَليّ، وتوثيـقِ فُصولٍ من الـذّكر المـتَوارَث في سوريا، وذلك بعد مقارنة الوثائق المدونة قديمــــاً بالمتواتِر الشفهيِّ، لِتـقْديـمها بأقصى أمانةٍ مُمْكِنة، مع المحافظةِ على الرُّوح والفـِطْرة في أداءها.
تأسّست فرقـة "نـــوا" في مدينة حلب عام 2009 بقيادة الفنان إبراهيم مُسلماني، وضمّت ثلّـــةً من الموسيقيين والمنشدين تجمعهم الرغبة في تقديم ألحانٍ وفُصولٍ يعودُ تاريخُها إلى ما قبل النصف الأوّل من القرن العشرين كانت قد نُسِيَت أو حُرِّفتْ عبـــرَ السنين. تخـتار فرقة نوا الألحــانَ حسبَ جمـالهـا الفنّـي وقـيـمتهــا التـاريخيــةِ معــاً، بعيــداً عن الفلكلـــــور السياحي والمستهلك.
كان للملحِّنين السوريين القُدامى، المعروفين منهم والمغمورين، أثــرٌ جليلٌ في إغنـــــاء الـذاكـرة الموسيقيـة. وإن اهتمامَنـا اليومَ بتوثيق أعمالهـم وإخــراجَها إلى النـور، ووضعِهـا بين أيــدي نُخْبــةِ المستمِعين والموسيقيين، يدفعهُ الأملُ بنهضةٍ موسيقيةٍ جديدةٍ قائمةٍ على أُسُسٍ فنيّةٍ أصيــلة، تنطلق إلى المستقبل بأجنحةٍ من الحاضر والماضي…
ويــأتي الاسـم "نـــــوا"منسجمـاً مـع رؤيتنـا المـوسيقيـة، فـكمـا أن "النَّــوى" اســمٌ لمقـــــــامٍ موسيقـي، واسـمٌ للدرجـةِ الخامسةِ في السُّلَّم المـوسيقي، وكمـا أن "النَّـوى" في اللغـة هــــو اللــبُّ، القصـدُ والرّحيـل، وطـرحُ الفضول، فكـذلك نقصـد في "نـــــوا" فنّــاً يَرْحــلُ فيــه الإنسـان بِلبِّـــه وقلبِــه مـن حـــالٍ إلى حـــالٍ، ومـن مقـــامٍ إلى مقـــامٍ أسْمـى، طـارحــاً غبـــارَ الأشبــاحِ، قاصــداً صفـــاءَ الأرواحِ. هـذا، ولـكل امـرئٍ مـا نـوى.

‏‏د. أحمد عبدالمنعم

مدرس في كلية الطب جامعة المنصورة ومشرف على موقع إنه القرآن ومهتم بالقضايا القرآنية التربوية والفكرية.

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