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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Middle East Meets Far
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>A Tabla and Taiko Drumming
Event</STRONG><BR><BR>Thursday, May 11<BR>7pm<BR>MIT Building E25, Room
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<DIV align=left><BR><BR>Master percussionists Karim Nagi and Elaine Fong
demonstrate Egyptian <BR>Tabla and Japanese Taiko, which will be followed by a
joint performance.<BR><BR>Elaine Fong is founder and artistic director of
Odaiko New England and a <BR>member of Marco Leinhard's group, Taikoza. She
has received instruction from <BR>Grandmaster Seiichi Tanaka of San Francisco
Taiko Dojo, Kenny Endo of Taiko <BR>Center of the Pacific; and Tiffany
Tamaribuchi of Sacramento Taiko Dan.<BR><BR>Karim Nagi is a native Egyptian
who has lived in Boston for 20 <BR>years. Karim performs Arabic, Turkish and
Andalusian hand percussion, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>including the tabla, riqq and
segat/zills. He is on the faculty of the New <BR>England Conservatory of
Music, and leads the Sharq Arabic Music Ensemble.<BR><BR>Brought to you by the
Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee of Massachusetts, Japanese
<BR>Americans Citizens League, Asian American Resource Workshop, MIT Center
for <BR>International Studies, and the MIT Council for the
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Heidi Knuff<BR>Center for International Studies
<BR>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<BR>292 Main Street
(E38-270)<BR>Cambridge, MA 02139<BR>P: 617-253-8306
<BR>F: 617-253-9330<BR><A
href="mailto:hknuff@mit.edu">hknuff@mit.edu</A><BR><A
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