Brooklyn Maqam Begins

03/02/08

2:00PM - 5:00PM

Yasser Darwish. Photo: by Etienne Frossard

Sunday, March 2
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College
2:00-5:00pm

Dance and music from the Arab world: Simon Shaheen, world renowned, Brooklyn-based violinist and oudist. Folk Feet Arab Traditional Dance Showcase: Egyptian zeffa, saidi and tannoura, Levantine debkah, Yemeni bara�a, Moroccan gnawa, and more.

Download and read the program
> Brooklyn_Maqam_Begins-3.pdf (266.291 kb)

Participating Artists (Click on a name to view the artist�s bio)
Samer Tabari
Jawad Bohsina
Salaam Dabkah
Simon Shaheen
Al Nujoum Troupe
Mohamed Bechar
Ahmed Alrodini
Isaac Gutwilik
Mohamed Nabawy
Gamal Shafik
Said Fahmy
Mohamed Yhya
Nikolai Ruskin
Yasser Darwish
Azza Amon
Ranya Renee Asfour
Mohsine Bechar
Abdel Rahim Hakmoun
Hassan Hakmoun
Yitzhak Levy-Awami
Joseph Ibrahem

Use the American Express� card at Brooklyn Maqam venues.

BAC programs are made possible, in part, with public funds from the Brooklyn Delegations of the New York State Senate and New York State Assembly, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and New York City Council and its Brooklyn Delegation.

Brooklyn Maqam is made possible with major support from American Express, Baisley Powell Elebash Fund, Con Edison, The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, New York State Music Fund established by the New York Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, and National Endowment for the Arts.

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BAC Fairs/Festivals, Folk / Traditional Arts, Music, Traditional / Culturally Specific