DanDana Episode 03 | Cairo Congress on Arabic Music

Published: Nov. 20, 2018, 11:09 a.m.

b'DanDana returns in full force with special guest Hazem Jamjoum, who\\u2019s writing his PhD on Arabic Music and previously ran radio shows in Canada and New York. \\nIn this episode we discuss the Cairo Congress on Arab Music held in 1938, the history and politics around it and who attended the conference. We delve deep into details about what was going on behind the scenes, while we explore the rich musical recordings that ensued from the conference. \\nTowards the end of the episode we invite you to attend the screening of Jumana Manna\\u2019s film A Magical Substance Flows into Me, being screened on Thursday 22nd of November 2018 at the ICA as part of the London Palestine Film Festival (https://www.ica.art/on/films/ayny-magical-substance-flows-me).'