CV
Qualifications
2018 - Present
DPhil Candidate
Faculty of Oriental Studies, Oxford University
2015- 2017
MMus Ethnomusicology
Pioneers of Change: The Case of Munira al-Mahdiyya
SOAS, University of London
Awards
2020 British Forum of Ethnomusicology Fieldwork Prize.
2018 Ertegun House Scholarship
Work/Internships
2018 – 2019
Singing Instructor
Department of Music, SOAS, University of London
Mentoring 2nd year Music undegraduates specialising in Arabic music
2017 – 2018
Senior Teaching Fellow
Department of Music, SOAS, University of London
Teaching 'Music Performance’ module to Music firs year undergraduates
2015 – 2016
Music Editor, SOAS Radio
2009 – Present
Soloist
Arab ensemble Oxford Maqam, www.oxfordmaqam.com
Projects
2016 – 2017
Music Producer
Documentary: ‘England Times Palestine’, Directed by Professor Caroline Rooney
2016 – 2016
Artist in Residence
Led a summer of workshops, training over 800 Ark Academy students in Arabic vocal form muwashshah culminating in a gala performance at the Barbican Centre, London.
Conferences and Talks
2020
Presenter, 'Cultural Politics of Tarab', Ertegun Seminar series, Oxford
2017
Co-presenter, ‘The Oxford Maqam Project’, Postcolonial Seminar Series
English Department, University of Kent
2017
Roundtable Panellist, ‘Egypt’s Living Heritage: Community Engagement in Recreating the Past’
Makan Egyptian Centre for Culture and Arts, Cairo
2016
Roundtable Chair, ‘Recording with a Phonograph’
Middle East and Central Asia Music Forum, City University, London
2016
Panellist, ‘Recording with a Phonograph’
Uludağ Üniversitesi Devlet Konservatuvarı, Bursa, Turkey
2014
Panellist, ‘The Oxford Maqam Project’
SHRQ: Symposium on Middle Eastern Culture, Prague, Czech Republic
2013
Panellist, Pre-concert talk, Operetta Majnun Layla,
City University London
2012
Performer, ‘Music and Cultural Texture’
Karadeniz Technical University State Conservatory's 1st International Music Studies Symposium, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey
2010
Performer, British Forum for Ethnomusicology Annual Conference
St John’s College, University of Oxford
2018 - Present
DPhil Candidate
Faculty of Oriental Studies, Oxford University
2015- 2017
MMus Ethnomusicology
Pioneers of Change: The Case of Munira al-Mahdiyya
SOAS, University of London
Awards
2020 British Forum of Ethnomusicology Fieldwork Prize.
2018 Ertegun House Scholarship
Work/Internships
2018 – 2019
Singing Instructor
Department of Music, SOAS, University of London
Mentoring 2nd year Music undegraduates specialising in Arabic music
2017 – 2018
Senior Teaching Fellow
Department of Music, SOAS, University of London
Teaching 'Music Performance’ module to Music firs year undergraduates
2015 – 2016
Music Editor, SOAS Radio
2009 – Present
Soloist
Arab ensemble Oxford Maqam, www.oxfordmaqam.com
Projects
2016 – 2017
Music Producer
Documentary: ‘England Times Palestine’, Directed by Professor Caroline Rooney
2016 – 2016
Artist in Residence
Led a summer of workshops, training over 800 Ark Academy students in Arabic vocal form muwashshah culminating in a gala performance at the Barbican Centre, London.
Conferences and Talks
2020
Presenter, 'Cultural Politics of Tarab', Ertegun Seminar series, Oxford
2017
Co-presenter, ‘The Oxford Maqam Project’, Postcolonial Seminar Series
English Department, University of Kent
2017
Roundtable Panellist, ‘Egypt’s Living Heritage: Community Engagement in Recreating the Past’
Makan Egyptian Centre for Culture and Arts, Cairo
2016
Roundtable Chair, ‘Recording with a Phonograph’
Middle East and Central Asia Music Forum, City University, London
2016
Panellist, ‘Recording with a Phonograph’
Uludağ Üniversitesi Devlet Konservatuvarı, Bursa, Turkey
2014
Panellist, ‘The Oxford Maqam Project’
SHRQ: Symposium on Middle Eastern Culture, Prague, Czech Republic
2013
Panellist, Pre-concert talk, Operetta Majnun Layla,
City University London
2012
Performer, ‘Music and Cultural Texture’
Karadeniz Technical University State Conservatory's 1st International Music Studies Symposium, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey
2010
Performer, British Forum for Ethnomusicology Annual Conference
St John’s College, University of Oxford
