Projects and Gallery
SongVersations with the Beloved
This song cycle is a work in progress as of March 2021. Created from my original poetry with the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
Sound-poem collage
with Michael Moon and Demetri Petsalakis
Nomadica
Fierce and fiery Arab-Gypsy-Klezmer-Funk outfit. Co-lead by Juno award winning trumpeter and composer David Buchbinder, and featuring some of Toronto's most kisk-ass global music artists.
Al Qahwa Ensemble
I'm delighted to be a guest artist with Maryem Tollar's Al Qahwa Ensemble at their upcoming live-streamed concert at Koerner Hall on April 9, 2021. The video here is from our performance just before the lockdown in March 2020.
FAOC (pronounced FOWK)
friggin arab orchestra company
This is my ongoing comedy project with my sister from another mister, Maryem Tollar. It started as a series of videos on Facebook to help us face the pandemic. From there, we recorded one song - a Christmas classic to be: Arab Ladies SIng Christmas Carols Written by Jews.