I got to know (artistically, not personally) Kamilya Jubran last year on the occasion of the concert she gave here in Cairo after the screening of the wonderful movie "Telling Strings", a portrait of her family that is essentially an insight in the life of Palestinians who chose not to leave Israel.
She came on stage alone with her oud and after the first chords I immediately understood that there was something special in the way she plays the instrument and she uses her voice. While I cannot claim to be an oud expert, I came to love the instrument after I arrived in Cairo and am building a collection of oud records. Kamilya Jubran's music has an edge of originality and experimentation in it that makes it not easy at first hearing but still grips you emotionally.
"Wameedd" was released in 2005 and has been made available here in Egypt with the cooperation of Al Mawred al-Thaqafi. It is on sale at Diwan, Al Kotob Khan or at the stand of Al Mawred on the occasion of the concerts at the Geneina Theatre.
Visit Kamilya Jubran website to listen to extracts from the record.
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A great album, a great voice.
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