“AL MUTANABBI … MOUSAFIRAN ABADAN”
In the architectural jewel, the temple of Bacchus, Abeer Nehme embarks on a musical journey following the footsteps of the greatest Arab poet Abu El Tayb Al Mutanabbi, through the different stages of his travels, and farther beyond in areas unexplored by the poet himself.
The songs dialogue: those in Iraq where Al Mutanabbi was born, with Andalusian songs, the celebrations of the Arab desert with the melodies of the Hungarian Gypsies, folklore of Damascus and Aleppo, along with traditional tunes of Greece and Turkey. As for the Armenian spiritual hymns, they can be heard in the echoes of the Sufi songs from Morocco. On the other side of the Mediterranean shores, the Lebanese music meets the songs of Sardinia where once the Phoenicians had settled, while the melodies of Egyptian heritage reflects those of Iran, India and Asia minor.
To punctuate the journey, Abeer will present vocal extracts from the poems of Al Mutanabbi and other musical pieces from her own inspiration.
The travel of Abeer with the company of Al Mutanabbi returns to the source of ancient cultures through music, with the aim of creating a story yet again different from our region’s history.
