Ghazi Al-Mulaifi
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Ghazi Al-Mulaifi
@boomdiwan.bsky.social
Musician, Applied Ethnomusicologist, Professor

NYC-Q8-Abu Dhabi

IG: boom.diwan
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So glad you’re digging @boomdiwan.bsky.social’s album. Here’s a nice report that Banning Eyre from Afropop did on the project afropop.org/audio-progra...
Afropop Worldwide | Planet Afropop: Boom.Diwan: Arabian Pearl Diving Meets Afro-Cuba
This podcast tells the story of Ghazi and Boom.Diwan with Arturo O’Farrill.
afropop.org
February 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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With Live in the Khaleej! Ghazi Al-Mulaifi, Arturo O’Farrill, & @boomdiwan.bsky.social taps into the transcendent nature of music by proclaiming how two seemingly disparate forms – the musics of Kuwaiti pearl divers and Afro-Cuban percussionists – are not only closer than they seem but unified.
Uncovering Forgotten Bridges: A Conversation with Ghazi Faisal Al-Mulaifi and Arturo O’Farrill - PostGenre
French author Victor Hugo once wrote in his native tongue, “La musique exprime ce qui ne peut pas être dit et sur lequel il est impossible de se taire.” Roughly translated, “Music expresses what canno...
postgenre.org
March 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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I’d also point to British Bahraini trumpeter Yazz Ahmed’s related album A Paradise in the Hold. She was also a part of the Cuban Khaleeji Project commissioned by The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi which led to @boomdiwan.bsky.social x Arturo. Start with the title track 2
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A Paradise In The Hold, by Yazz Ahmed
10 track album
yazzahmed.bandcamp.com
March 1, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Shedding on a cold rainy day = soul food 🌊🤍🌊
May 31, 2023 at 11:26 AM
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I don’t think @boomdiwan.bsky.social is totally active here yet, so I’m also sharing his album. https://boomdiwan.bandcamp.com/album/minarets

Based on what I’ve heard so far on the playlist, the second track, Blood in the Wind, may be the best fit. But it’s your call. (On Spotify too)
Minarets, by Boom.Diwan featuring Nduduzo Makhathini
3 track album
boomdiwan.bandcamp.com
May 22, 2023 at 8:16 AM
Thank you, @activecultures.bsky.social . I’m honored 🧿
And here’s the autobiographical playlist I put together for AlaaWritesABlog.

Steve Miller > Osmonds > Kiss > Queen > Elvis Costello > Run-DMC > Chico Science & Nação Zumbi > Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance meets @boomdiwan.bsky.social

I promise I listen to more music by women now
Songs of My Life: Bill Bragin
Songs of My Life: Bill Bragin · Playlist · 8 songs · 2 likes
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May 23, 2023 at 9:06 AM
The same question arises cyclically….. musically speaking, what’s worth writing about and articulating ?
May 23, 2023 at 9:05 AM
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And here’s the autobiographical playlist I put together for AlaaWritesABlog.

Steve Miller > Osmonds > Kiss > Queen > Elvis Costello > Run-DMC > Chico Science & Nação Zumbi > Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance meets @boomdiwan.bsky.social

I promise I listen to more music by women now
Songs of My Life: Bill Bragin
Songs of My Life: Bill Bragin · Playlist · 8 songs · 2 likes
open.spotify.com
May 22, 2023 at 9:14 PM
https://youtu.be/cKZXNOV0f90

The Mayouf Mejally Diwan in Kuwait perform a Sea Art called Sangini.
فن سنقني - النهام / خالد الابراهيم - فرقه معيوف ٢٠١٥
via YouTube Capture
youtu.be
May 11, 2023 at 5:23 AM
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I also loved seeing how it was received in the post* pandemic 3 sold out shows at Little Island in NYC.

This piece in Afropop Worldwide, featuring an interview by Banning Eyre of Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra’s Arturo O’Farrill is a good framer.
Afropop Worldwide | Arturo O’Farrill on the Cuban Khaleeji Project
Banning Eyre speaks with Arturo O'Farrill and reviews a concert by the Cuban Khaleeji Project
afropop.org
May 8, 2023 at 9:42 AM
Cuban-Khaleeji Project 2019

And some performances change the course of your life and you don’t even know it.
https://youtu.be/8y1aAm23FbY

Thank you , Bill!
@activecultures.bsky.social
Arturo O'Farrill and Boom Diwan : The Cuban Khaleeji Project. The Arts Center at NYUAD. Feb. 2019
youtu.be
May 8, 2023 at 8:48 AM
Sea Arts
May 7, 2023 at 6:28 AM
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Welcome to the jungle @boomdiwan.bsky.social - nice to have more UAE friends here, and more music and academia friends, and just more friends.

Since it’s BandCamp Friday, I’m gonna recommend that folks check out your EP w/ Nduduzo Makhathini, Minarets. https://boomdiwan.bandcamp.com/album/minarets
Minarets, by Boom.Diwan featuring Nduduzo Makhathini
3 track album
boomdiwan.bandcamp.com
May 5, 2023 at 10:43 AM
Thanks @activecultures.bsky.social for the invite!
May 5, 2023 at 10:33 AM