Join us as we interview language and music scholar Taoufik Ben Amor on our afikra Conversations series on December 2nd. It will be cohosted with Youssef Cherif from Columbia Global Center Tunis.
Date: Wednesday, December 2nd
Time: 12PM NYC | 5PM London | 6PM Tunis | 7PM Beirut
Hosted By: Mikey Muhanna (afikra), and Youssef Cherif (Columbia Global Center Tunis)
Taoufik is Gordon Gray Jr. Senior Lecturer in Arabic Studies at Columbia University. He specializes in Arabic language and linguistics, language and identity, Arab music, and music in Sufism. His research combines his interests in music, language and identity in the Arab world through the study of lyrics. He has written extensively on Rai music, Iraqi Maqam, Tunisian Malouf, and music and migration. His most recent papers are entitled "Language through Literature" and “The Making of Tradition: Standardization of the Lyrics of the Tunisian Andalusian Malouf.” He is currently writing a book entitled Beyond Orientalism: Arab Music and Modernity (Brill, 2021).
This event is hosted in partnership with Columbia Global Centers Tunis x afikra