NUR CD: A Musical Journey in Sufi Poetry

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June 17, 2017NUR CDWe are pleased to announce the CD release of "NUR: A Musical Journey in Sufi Poetry" featuring vocalist DALAL ABU AMNEH, composer KINAN ABOU-AFACH, and AL-BUSTAN TAKHT: Kinan Abou-afach on cello/oud, Hafez Kotain on tar frame drum, and Hanna Khoury on violin/viola.Initiated by Dalal Abu Amneh, this project seeks to re-remember and re-embrace the humanism of Sufi poetry for our current times. Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture commissioned composer Kinan Abou-afach to create new music, in collaboration with Dalal Abu Amneh, presenting lyrical and spiritual aspects of Sufi poetry sung in Arabic. As a lantern illuminates a dimmed path, we hope Nur may serve as a beacon for a hopeful future. 

Purchase the CD here!CD includes booklet of poetry lyrics in Arabic & English

 

Thanks to all who made this CD possible:Recording and mixing: Kinan Abou-afachAdditional Recording: Bishara KhalliMatering: Cody Ciclowskiat, Milkboy StudiosCover Photo: Shadi MansourTakht Photo: Chip ColsonDesign and layout: Ashley ChoukeirMusic Produced by Kinan Abou-afachJoint production of Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture and Dalal Abu AmnehWith funding from The Knight Foundation and William Penn Foundation 
Watch two video clip excerpts from the concert presented in April 2016 in Philadelphia:
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