Join us for an unmissable double bill with Palestinian singer-songwriter Samah Mustafa, featuring music from Beirut DJ Jana Saleh
Event starts at 8.30pm (Doors open from 8pm)
Samah Mustafa is an Arab Palestinian singer. Her musical journey was influenced by oriental classic singing and folk Arabic music, which she combined with modern music to develop her unique music style. Samah was also influenced by instrumental music and today she is a band leader, writing, composing and arranging ambient, folk and experimental music based on vocal and other instrumental loops, musical images in vocal and lyrics. She was the main vocalist for various musical projects including Arab Baroque Music Project, Jawa Tour, New Star Competition and Yabous Palestinian Festival.
Jana Saleh is an active member of the Dj scene, with more than a decade of playing in clubs and parties in Lebanon, the Levant as well as Europe. Jana has a monthly residency on Radio Al Hara where she explores original material in 1hour sets. In addition, her DJ sets have been played on NTS Radio in England, Radio Nova in France, Radio Veneno in Brazil and Roots Radio in Turkey. Jana co-founded Lazarus Arts and Culture – a platform dedicated to promoting and programming music and artistic events from the Levant region.
The evening is presented by Arts Canteen in collaboration with Rich Mix.
Supported by Arts Council England.
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Arab Women Artists Now (AWAN) is the UK’s only contemporary multi-arts festival dedicated to showcasing Arab women’s artistic work, taking place each March, to coincide with International Women’s Day across venues in London. The festival showcases work in venues across London. Celebrating and promoting high quality female artists from the Arab world and diaspora the cross-arts festival features music, comedy, literature, visual art, theatre and performance, along with a series of workshops and development opportunities for emerging artists.