Sumaia Karimi and Naria Nour • Portraits • Female Voice of Afghanistan

‘Female Voice of Afghanistan’ is a virtual music festival. Afghan female singers, introduced by cinematic portrait films, perform concerts and virtually meet Europe-based musicians to create fusion songs. Filmed in summer 2021 on location in Kabul (Afghanistan), Mashhad (Iran) and Berlin (Germany). 00:00 Introduction by Sharmila Hashimi 00:53 Story of Sumaia Karimi 08:17 Collaboration between Sumaia Karimi and Faroogh Rahmani (Rabab) 13:23 Story of Naria Nour 17:26 Collaboration between Naria Nour and Nora Thiele (frame drum), and why Naria meets Shafagh Rahmani... 27:42 'Leyli o Majnun', the song by Naria Nour and Nora Thiele* 35:57 Preview of other episodes *Background: The Layla-Majnun theme (7th-century) passed from Arabic to Persian, Turkish, and Indian languages, through the narrative poem composed by the Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi. It is a popular poem praising their love story. Lord Byron called it "the Romeo and Juliet of the East". → Concert Sumaia Karimi: /watch/s0FHHLonEQpnH → Song of Sumaia Karimi with Faroogh Rahmani: /watch/UtzFsRBNfxiNF → Concert Naria Nour: /watch/4_gbn9rpYdFpb → Playlist with all festival videos: will be online after the festival Festival team: • Artistic Director: Yalda Yazdani • Director/Producer: Andreas Rochholl • Creative Director/Editor: Sebastian Leitner • Moderator: Sharmila Hashimi • Head of Sound: Volker Wendisch • Sound Recordist Berlin: Daniel Weingarten • Animations: Fidan Akhundova • Floral Artist: Mona-Isabelle • Assistant Director, Afghanistan: Zabiullah Saifi Askari • Additional Camera, Berlin: Christoph Wieland • Media Relations: Christiane Dramé • Translator: Qais Almadar • Stage Manager Berlin: Milena Gehrt • Singers and their bands: Mashal Arman, Rouya Doost, Gulshan, Freshta Farokhi, Sumaia Karimi, Sadiqa Madadgar, Naria Nour, Wajiha Rastagar, Ghawgha Taban • Musicians for the Fusion-projects: Valentina Bellanova, Shukria Hameedi, Ceyhun Kaya, Mahan Mirarab, Petra Nachtmanova, Faroogh Rahmani, Golnar Shahyar, Mischa Tangian, Nora Thiele and the author Mariam T. Azimi • Additional characters: Shafagh Rahmani, Hafiza Bahmani Main theme composed by Ceyhun Kaya feat. Petra Nachtmanova (vocals) Additional music by Jan Gerdes Info: → https://www.facebook.com/events/529467381296272 → https://www.zeitgenoessische-oper.de/ → http://femalevoiceofafghanistan.com/ Our feature documentary "The Female Voice of Iran" (2020) → /watch/sav3vaM3DQs33 Female Voice of Afghanistan is a project created by Zeitgenössische Oper Berlin • funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds • in cooperation with Kultur Büro Elisabeth and CrossGeneration Media → https://crossgen.media/ #femalevoiceofafghanistan #virtualmusicfestival #afghanistan

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