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     CD of the Month

Sou' Fahm (Misunderstanding) Samir Jubran

Sou' Fahm, or misunderstanding, is the second CD for Samir Jubran after Taqaseem (improvisations). That CD was produced during the first year of the current Intifada. At the time when audiences expected the artist to portray their collective, painful experiences and daily sufferings and the difficult political situation, Jubran created a controversy with his purely musical production. Hence comes his second CD, Sou' Fahm, to rectify matters.

Jubran sees the oud as the most prominent instrument in Arabic music. Through musical projects with his oud, he tries to quench the thirst for a better future by providing the necessary, meditative and celebratory space at these hard and painful times.

Sou' Fahm contains eight pieces, two of which were composed by Jubran. The rest are traditional or classical compositions. Different artist accompany Jubran with their instruments such as the nay, the guitar, percussions and the qanun. Jubran emphasizes the importance of projects that incorporate as many Palestinian musicians as possible.

Different styles are presented in the CD. Some pieces are solo oud music, the piece "Lamma Badda," is accompanied by an orchestra, another piece is contemporary and jazzy while another is a classical piece from the 18th century by Ishaq Al-Bineez. The piece "Ramallah August 10" was composed by Jubran in reference to the day when the police station in Al-Tira neighbourhood was shelled with an F-16.

Samir Jubran was born in Nazareth into a musical family. He graduated in 1995 from the Muhammad Abdel Wahhab conservatoire in Cairo. Jubran performed solo and with his musical band at a number of Arab and international music festivals such as the Jerash International Festival in Jordan and the Muscat Festival in Oman, in addition to performances in Egypt, France, Britain, Sweden, Italy, the United States and Canada. He also held a number of performances with the celebrated Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. Jubran also composed music for a number of theatrical plays and Palestinians films.

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