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<span style="font-size:16pt;color:rgb(76,76,76)"><strong>Marcel Khalife and the Al Mayadine Ensemble
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<div><span style="font-size:16pt;color:rgb(76,76,76)"><strong>with Omeima El Khalil</strong></span><br>
<div><span style="font-size:16pt;color:rgb(76,76,76)"><strong>May 5, 2012 </strong></span></div>
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<div>Lebanese Master<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109337035468&s=786&e=0014aL41naASpMXCEcWvpm3Ox0NVtI88AuZ73p3nbDtTg2NmgHkdbZSDO3vhZXjJOAjDIYi0pammNImwxRlQCDK2jB7SxZsySQPXyb3pYulQ3APGyYd1NLzMQ==" shape="rect" style="color:rgb(0,204,204);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">
Marcel Khalif<span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva">é</span></a> <span style="color:rgb(76,76,76)">
will perform the prophetic poems of the Arab World's most renowned and beloved poet,
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Darwish,</a> <span style="color:rgb(76,76,76)">and pay tribute to the Arab Spring. </span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(76,76,76)">The poetry of Mahmoud Darwish, the melodies of Marcel Khalifé--resonating across the Arab world from the Middle East to North Africa, rising above the din of conflict and poverty, singing
instead of the shade of grapevines, the bright eyes of loved ones, the heartache of divisions and decline that could be healed, love that could be returned.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva"><span style="color:rgb(76,76,76)">Marcel Khalifé, Lebanese composer, singer, and master of the<em> 'oud</em> (Arabic lute), evokes this world, honoring the spirit of his late friend and associate the late Mahmoud Darwish,
who passed away in 2008. Darwish was a strikingly original Palestinian poet whose poetry has been translated to more than 25 languages worldwide and extensively published in the US.</span><br>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(76,76,76)">Khalifé's new concert program,</span><span style="color:rgb(252,62,0)"><strong> Fall of the Moon: An Homage to the Poet Mahmoud Darwish and a Salute to the Arab Spring,</strong></span><span style="color:rgb(76,76,76)">
revisits and re-imagines the ties that bound these two powerful iconic advocates of Arab culture in a program that weaves the rich complexities of a great history and the diversity of Arab cultures with the humanity and deep yearning expressed by the current
monumental events of the Arab Spring sweeping the Arab world. </span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva"><span style="color:rgb(76,76,76)">Marcel Khalifé will be accompanied by his 12-member</span>
<span style="color:rgb(252,62,0)"><strong>Al Mayadine Ensemble. </strong></span></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Corbel,Geneva,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(76,76,76)">Marcel Khalifé - composer,<em> 'oud,</em> vocals </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Corbel,Geneva,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(76,76,76)">2- Oumeima El Khalil - vocals</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Corbel,Geneva,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(76,76,76)">Yolla Khalifé - vocals </span></div>
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