Iraqi Music in a Time of War

Iraqi Music in a Time of War

Track Listings

1. Introduction

2. The Second Baghdad/Baghdad AlThania

3. Introduction

4. Dance of the Palms/Ruqsat AlNakeel

5. Introduction

6. Dream/Helum

7. Introduction

8. Sunset of the City/Guriib AlMedina

9. Introduction

10. Missing/Showak

11. Introduction

12. Iraqi Faces/Wjooh Iraqia

13. Introduction

14. Yearning/Haneen

15. Introduction

16. Horses/Khaiyul

17. Introduction (encore)

18. Eastern Love/Hob Sharki

Editorial Reviews
Village Voice, November 10, 2003
"I'm impressed by how modest virtuosity can be in a classical tradition that honors simplicity...notes bridge East/West."

Album Description
"When I arrived in New York, I was witnessing Iraq's third war during my lifetime. But this time the war was very different for me; I was not there with my family, and I had no news from them. Yet day to day life for me was as excruciating as if I was in Baghdad. So I wanted to communicate to my audience my experience of war, the pain and the misery one feels in a hopeless situation where chaos reigns and loved ones die. I found New York a bustling city, but when I was there I did not see people smiling. I sense that my audience that night felt the despair that I was feeling, and when we came together, it was a catharsis.

To play music in a time of war is to connect, to feed people with hope, and to hold onto my hope of someday seeing my mother's beautiful face once again. Her last words to me were: "I hope your cruise missiles don't kill me before I see you again". Music joings people in their souls, and when this connection happens, peace,love, and compassion can fill the hands of humanity".

--Rahim Al Haj

"My strongest memory from our New York time together is of the feeling that moved through the room as Rahim played for us that night, comforting our upset and laying bare his own. Listen again now to this intensely war-torn moment, and imagine, in solidarity with Rahim, how music can advocate for compassion, love and peace".

--Steven Feld, Voxlox record Label, Ethnomusicologist, University of New Mexico, previously of Columbia University

Iraqi Music in a Time of War, Music, Rahim AlHaj, Contemporary/Traditional Solo Oud

Iraqi Music in a Time of War

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1. Introduction
2. The Second Baghdad/Baghdad AlThania
3. Introduction
4. Dance of the Palms/Ruqsat AlNakeel
5. Introduction
6. Dream/Helum
7. Introduction
8. Sunset of the City/Guriib AlMedina
9. Introduction
10. Missing/Showak
11. Introduction
12. Iraqi Faces/Wjooh Iraqia
13. Introduction
14. Yearning/Haneen
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16. Horses/Khaiyul
17. Introduction (encore)
18. Eastern Love/Hob Sharki