Shayma Nader and Miia Laine interview Nader Jalal, who has spent the past 15 years researching the history of Arabic music in Palestine before 1948.
Shayma Nader and Miia Laine interview Nader Jalal, who has spent the past 15 years researching the history of Arabic music in Palestine before 1948. The interview is interwoven with music brought to new life by Jalal’s cultural institute Nawa, which has organised concerts and recorded new albums with music found from the past.
Nader Jalal is the founder and lead researcher of the Palestinian Institute for Cultural Development – Nawa. Nawa’s prime research focuses on the musical renaissance in Palestine during the first half of the 20th century, building an archive of Palestinian classical music and reproducing the compositions of forgotten Palestinian musicians. Jalal has previously held numerous positions in cultural management and has lectured locally and internationally on the Palestinian musical scene pre-1948.