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" Can Karim Nagi do ritual music? "

Oh yes, Karim can play the hell out of ritual music, if hell resides in music;-) I've known Karim for years now and have spent weeks at a time in his company at various music camps and most recently in Cairo where he was staying with his parents and I was attending Ahlan wa Sahlan. So I feel somewhat qualified to brag up His Excellency, the maestro Nagi. I'll start by saying that if I were stranded on a deserted island with only one musician & teacher, it would be Karim. He's a classically trained with an encyclopedic body of knowledge across musical disciplines. I'm referring to Middle Eastern music, maqams, traditional and sacred, as well as pop, shaabi, jeel and fusion.

Spoon, as a trance sister, I understand that you're asking something very specific about Karim's understanding of ritual music, not whether he can play ayoub! I think you really want to know if he has experience playing for trancers... eh?

Absolutely, he does! As a native Egyptian he was born into the culture that spawned Egyptian Dervish, Tannoura, Zikr and Zar. The sacred is always present in the study ofclassical ME music, and is threaded through the pop if you know what to look for. The last Arab Dance Seminar, Karim's brainchild, was entitled: From ENTERTAINMENT to ECSTASY : Performance vs. Sacred Dance in the Arab World. Educating the dance community about the differences between dancing for an audience and moving in the spirit is a popular lecture topic of Karim's.

O'kay... am I on Karim's payroll yet?!

Bonnie~

You should have a PM in your inbox with an invite to the event.
But in case you don't here's the link: www.meddevi.com/motif.html

It should be very fun and experimental. Not a party and not a class, but more of a group bonding and exploration session utilizing music, movement, vocalizing and visualization. Perhaps even a visit from the Djinn of Laughter! Hope you can make it.

Ticket is bought, can't wait. And thanks, honestly.

Lav

Fly out and join us Kaleena!
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t's going to be an amazing week of workshops, performances, parties, and shopping.

Did I say shopping... I meant SHOPPING! hehe