Reading at the Festival du Monde Arabe
Ehab Lotayef
I was invited by Ehaab Abdou to participate in his group's performance: ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ ï؟½ï؟½ ï؟½ï؟½ "I am all that" (details below and attached) at the Festival du Monde Arabe tomorrow (Wednesday, Nov. 10) in Place des Arts.
I will be reading a couple of my Arabic poems with musical accompaniment but having attended the rehearsals I can tell you that the whole program is very beautiful.ï؟½ Lovely original and folkloric Arabic works will be performed.
I hope you can be there.
Ehab
www.lotayef.com
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I hope this email finds you in the best of health and happiness! As most of you already know, Iï؟½ve been working the past few months preparing for an important concert under the title "I'm All That", which will be the main and only Egyptian night at this yearï؟½s prestigious festival du monde arabe in Montrï؟½al. The concert will be taking place on Wednesday November 10th, 2010 at 8pm in the studio-thï؟½ï؟½tre in Montrï؟½al's Place des Arts as part of Montrï؟½al's 2010 festival du monde arabe. ï؟½Attached is the concert poster too!
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Youï؟½re invited to a very special evening entitled "I'm All That" celebrating our diverse, embracing and multi-faceted Egyptian identity. In addition to around 10 of my own new Arabic songs, which mainly carry the theme of celebrating and promoting tolerance, inter-faith dialogue and diversity, I will also be performing a couple of traditional Egyptian songs by the legendary musician Sayyed Darwish.
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We promise you a very special and memorable evening! We're very lucky that on stage with us, we'll have a group of talented musicians, vocalists, poets, etc. In terms of musicians, youï؟½ll enjoy a wonderful and unique Middle Eastern/Quï؟½bec ensemble that we formed over the past few months. This includes: on the Lute/Oud (Dr. Naseef Gebeil), Neyy (Zayid Baghdadi), Riqq/Duff (Amar Lazam), Qanun (Nour), Bass Guitar (Franï؟½ois Landry), Violin (Anit Ghosh) and table/precussion (Karim Nagi). We will also be joined by Montreal-based Egyptian poet Ehab Lotayef who will reciting a couple of his most special Egyptian poems that he wrote, accompanied with music. Also, for the first time in Montreal, we will be joined by our Boston-based Egyptian percussionist/folk dancer Karim Nagi (more about him at: www.karimnagi.com). ï؟½We will also be joined by the young talented Toronto-based Egyptian hymns performer Sally Dawoud presenting a couple of Arabic language and Coptic language hymns. There will also be a couple more surprises....
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ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ For reservations & tickets purchase (et les dï؟½tails en franï؟½ais): http://www.laplacedesarts.com/pda-evenement/5856/festival-du-monde-arabe-de-montreal-fma.fr.html
ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ If youï؟½re on facebook, please make sure to join Ehaab Abdou fan club, so that you can get an automatic update on all new details the concert from the event that will be created there in the coming few days http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=15269095310&ref=ts
ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ My album ï؟½Gowaya Hagatï؟½ will be available for sale at the concert. For now, you can also get a feel of the music or purchase it on-line at: www.cdbaby.com/ehaababdou
ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ï؟½ More about the full program and other details of the festival du monde arabe 2010 at: http://www.festivalarabe.com/
