Skalli performing at the concert. Right: Al Muhairi at the sand animation show.
DOHA: Moroccan singer of international acclaim Karima Skalli wowed music lovers at the Andalusian Muwashahat concert yesterday at the Katara Drama Theatre.
Karima is known as one of the most important religious stanzas vocalist in the Arabic Maghreb, also famous for her participation in international religious festivals, winning awards and appreciations.
She lauded Qatar for its significant role in promoting Arabic and Islamic artists, and Katara for enriching Arab culture.
“Organising the Andalusian Muwashahat aimed to introduce the public to this original Arabic art. “It also aimed to shed light on unique aspects of Arabic and Islamic culture through the revival of our cultural, religious and artistic heritage,” said Malika Al Shuraim, Director of Katara’s Public Relations and Communication Department.
Katara also hosted a sand animation show at the Drama Theatre, in which artist Shaima Al Muhairi used sand as medium to depict a scene and tell a story which was projected onto a huge screen. Al Muhairi is a unique artist in the Gulf and uses sand as her medium, instantaneously transforming it into animated characters forming expressive paintings projected on the screen.
This art activity has generated increasing interest in the region and fascinated audiences.
Katara’s Ramadan events continue tonight with a ceramic exhibition featuring Maher Alsamaraúa, a talented artist.
With his long experience in porcelain, handicraft and calligraphy, Alsamaraúa focuses on the modernisation of Islamic traditional shapes.
The ‘Money and letters’ exhibition will also open tonight, featuring a collection of Qatari Hassan Al Naimi, one of the foremost numismatists in the country and the world, having held exhibitions in Brazil, London, Paris and Japan.
All currencies to be displayed, which came from Islamic countries, will be numbered 1 as a particular character that will be explained by the artist.
An exhibition on the history of Qatari publications and printing and an exhibition of Rashid Al Muhannadi will also open tonight.
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