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The fifth Sufi Jazz Festival reconnects with African music
Art news
August 16, 2012
The fifth Sufi Jazz Festival reconnects with African music
With the beats of the karakeb (large metal castanets) and the clap of their hands, Moroccan artists Mahdi Nassouli and…
Telling the story of Egyptian jazz
Art news
March 15, 2012
Telling the story of Egyptian jazz
In 2007, I asked composer Amr Salah, the director of Cairo Jazz Festival, if he was trying to resist the…