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Echoes of Cairo: Reviving Egyptian Music from 1900

Explore Egyptian musical styles from the late 19th and early 20th centuries with pioneering ensemble Oxford Maqam. This conversation reveals how historical Arabic musical traditions are being rediscovered, reinterpreted, and kept alive for new generations. It will be followed the next day by a live concert featuring selected works innovatively revived from this period.

September 28, 2026 @ 5:30 PM 7:30 PM

Faculty Conference Room 1D02, Georgetown University in Qatar

Speakers

Prof. Martin Stokes

Ethnomusicologist

King’s College London

Dr. Bashir Saade

Lecturer

University of Stirling

Dr. Sophie Frankford

Anthropologist of Music

King’s College London

Prof. Alain Fouad George

Director of the Lusail Institute and GU-Q Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence

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