Tadhamun hosts: Away from home": memory, Art and women's solidarity [22 03 2017]
To mark 10 years since its founding, Iraqi women’s organisation, Tadhamun, hosted an evening of talks, poetry and music, highlighting (from Iraq, Tunisia to Palestine) experiences of Arab women ‘Away from Home’.
Held at P21 gallery, London, the night was moderated by former associate foreign editor of the Guardian, Victoria Brittain, and saw contributions from author Dr. Dora Carpenter-Latiri, independent journalist Nazli Tarzi, Palestinian poet Fajir Tamimi, Oud player Francesco Iannuzzelli, and Tadhamun’s very own Zainab Khan, and in her absence, May Mudhafar’s poem — “From that Distant Land” — was also performed.
In this video, Francesco Iannuzzelli performs Maqam -- of an Iraqi flavour -- after he briefly revisits a time in Iraq's history when a 'Oud' generation was born.
