Bruce Wallace

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Bruce Wallace is a Brooklyn-based journalist and multimedia producer. In addition to reporting regularly for The World, he has also contributed to This American Life, The New York Times Magazine, and the Washington Post.

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Sonia M’Barek: Tunisian Singer with Roots in Medieval Iberian Kingdom

May 25, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment
Tunisian singer Sonia M'Barek. (Photo: myspace.com/soniambarek)

Tunisian singer Sonia M'Barek. (Photo: myspace.com/soniambarek)

Spain and North Africa share a cultural connection, which is a legacy of centuries of Muslim rule on the Iberian Peninsula.

Tunisian singer Sonia M’Barek performs a musical style with roots in the courts of Al-Andalus, the medieval Muslim kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula.


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6 comments for “Sonia M’Barek: Tunisian Singer with Roots in Medieval Iberian Kingdom”

  • http://twitter.com/scruffage Janet H. O’Brien

    Her music is truly beautiful.  I’m delighted to hear great music from such a rich tradition!  Thank you for this clip.

  • adamaia

    REMINDS ME OF OM KUTHOUM IN HER CLASSICAL aRABIC POETRY SONGS.

  • AngryPancho

    Thanks a lot. As if I didn’t have enough to do, now I’ve got to hunt down and buy some of this woman’s beautiful music.

  • h_sayed

    Thanks for this nicely produced segment! Al-Bustan is grateful for the opportunity to work with Ms M’Barek and a highly talented ensemble of musicians led by our Music Director Hanna Khoury. Partnering with KSB in this educational program was a huge success and we are so pleased with the boys’ eagerness and ability to learn this repertoire so well. Thanks to Alwan for the Arts for presenting the NYC concert and reaching out to PRI’s The World to make this segment happen!

    - Hazami Sayed, Executive Director, Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture

  • h_sayed

    Thanks for this nicely produced segment! 
    Al-Bustan is grateful for the opportunity to work with Ms M’Barek and a highly talented ensemble of musicians led by our Music Director Hanna Khoury. Partnering with KSB in this educational program was a huge success and we are so pleased with the boys’ eagerness and ability to learn this repertoire so well. 
    Thanks to Alwan for the Arts for presenting the NYC concert and reaching out to PRI’s The World to make this segment happen!

    - Hazami Sayed, Executive Director, Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=666290688 Aymen LAssoued

    Absolutely amazing. Tunisian Music is very rich and deep. The choir did such an amazing work, I am impressed :) 

    Thank you guys for such an initiative and for sharing