{"id":269489,"date":"2020-03-15T07:00:16","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T10:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=269489"},"modified":"2020-03-13T18:22:16","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T21:22:16","slug":"singer-puts-together-arab-folk-music-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/singer-puts-together-arab-folk-music-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer puts together Arab folk music group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 About three months ago, the Syrian-Palestinian singer Oula Al-Saghir formed Nahawand, a group that plays folk Arab songs from Syria, Palestine, Egypt and Lebanon. Oula, who\u2019s also in the Orquestra Mundana Refugi group, put her band together while singing with guest musicians at jam sessions.<\/p>\n<p>The name Nahawand is a reference to the scales employed in folk Arab music. The quartet features Oula as the vocalist; Palestine\u2019s Yousef Saif playing the buzuq, a traditional, originally Iraqi lute-like string instrument; Tunisia\u2019s Raouf Jemni playing the qanoun, a Middle Eastern 78-string instrument; and the Brazilian-born Syrian-Lebanese native Maur\u00edcio Mouzayek, who plays the riq, a kind of Eastern tambourine.<\/p>\n<p>The group will play its next show on April 1 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aljaniah01\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Al Janiah<\/a>,\u00a0a Palestinian bar and restaurant in downtown S\u00e3o Paulo. Lectures and lessons in Arab music and its history are also in the plans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I first started singing here in Brazil, I realized that Arab music was very much connected with belly-dancing acts in restaurants that serve typical food, but there are so many other musical rhythms in the Arab world\u2026 The Middle East, North Africa, Egypt, each has its own different style. We want to showcase this to the audience, a different type of music for them to hear and feel,\u201d Oula told ANBA.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-269489 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/singer-puts-together-arab-folk-music-group\/img_7032-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_7032-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-269473\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-269473\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-269473'>\n\t\t\t\tOula Al-Saghir\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/singer-puts-together-arab-folk-music-group\/img_7203-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_7203-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-269467\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-269467\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-269467'>\n\t\t\t\tYousef Saif\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/singer-puts-together-arab-folk-music-group\/img_7186-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_7186-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-269470\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-269470\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-269470'>\n\t\t\t\tRaouf Jemni\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/singer-puts-together-arab-folk-music-group\/img_7211-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_7211-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-269464\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-269464\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-269464'>\n\t\t\t\tMaur\u00edcio Mouzayek\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The group is doing a video shoot on March 29 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Beitjede\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bet Jeddi<\/a>, an Arab restaurant. \u201cThis place is beautiful. They let us do the shoot there. It has a great vibe, with plants, a waterfall, hookah and Arab-style barbecue,\u201d said Oula. The video will feature traditional tunes from Palestine and Lebanon. Oula\u2019s husband, Salim Mhanna, who\u2019s directing the video, is also the group\u2019s manager. He runs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BAB.EC.RBC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bab Bar<\/a> on S\u00e3o Paulo\u2019s Roosevelt Square. \u201cWe\u2019re doing our best to get more promotion, more concerts and more work,\u201d said Oula. The video will also feature special guest appearances by Ian Nain on the lute and Omar Smaili on the darbuka.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur proposal is to show people other types of Arab music, those old songs, to rekindle our culture, our tradition. I\u2019ve lived in Syria and in Palestine and I love both cultures, as well as Lebanon and Egypt, our neighbors who have so much to offer, musically speaking,\u201d she argued.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 755px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-269489-1\" width=\"755\" height=\"425\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/low_version.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/low_version.mp4\">https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/low_version.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><strong>Quick facts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nahawand Arab Music<br \/>\n+55 11 97042-8836<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nahawandmusicaarabe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum <\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-269461\">Husam Aldin<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-269471\">Husam Aldin<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-269465\">Husam Aldin<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-269468\">Husam Aldin<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-269462\">Husam Aldin<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syrian-Palestinian vocalist Oula Al-Saghir formed Nahawand, a band whose name harkens back to the scales used in traditional Arab music. 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