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Tarafa

by Mohammed Haddad

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01 Transformations of Tarafa 03:34
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02 Khawla alone 02:02
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03 ..Kindred 02:53
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04 The Palanquin's Knights 05:27
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05 Lacrimosa 02:21
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06 Ibn Yaamen 03:08
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07 Road to Alheera 04:08
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08 The return of the poet (khawla's recall) 01:00
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09 Temple of the body 04:11
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TARAFA - The project
The project started amid research about the life of the poet (Tarafah ibn al-‘Abd), who lived in Bahrain. Tarafa went through unique circumstances throughout the period of his short life (543 to 569), during which he faced many of injustice, especially from his uncles who harmed and denied him… Despite all that, he lived free in spite, rebel, and was against the kings until he was confronted by the king of Al-Heera (Amr ibn Hind) that had him killed before he’s thirty...


Tarafa’s project addresses the stages and characters in the life of the poet, also known as, (the slain lad)… The music tells the psychological transformations that he went through; his lonely lover, the relatives that turned against him, his faith, and his painful and mysterious death…

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released November 11, 2011

Musicians

Cello : Tariq Kamal, Nasser Isa
Viola & Violin : Ali Alolaiwi
Oud : Hassan Haddad
Bass Guitar : Ahmad Alqassim
Piano & Keyboard : Mohammed Haddad

Sea Percussions : Thani Salem & Mohammed Hamadeh
Riqq : Ahmad Maani
Cajón : Ahmad Mohammed

Chorus : Ala Ghawas, Hassan Haddad,
Nader Ameeruddin & Ahmad Alqassim

Solo Vocal : Ala Ghawas
Sea Singer : Abdulla Jamal

Sound Engineering : Abdulla Jamal

Photography : Tufool Haddad
Cover Design : Maysam Alnasser & Ala Ghawas

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Mohammed Haddad Muharraq, Bahrain

Mohammad Haddad is a Bahraini composer and music critic, an active artist in the film scores of Bahraini films.

Armed by a very western Piano in one hand, and an extremely eastern Lute in the other, with enough power to bridge the gap between the two worlds, he experiments in the traditional music, analyzes it, breaks it down, builds on it and merges it to the abstraction of contemporary forms. ... more

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