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Fanar Haddad

Fanar Haddad

 

Fanar Haddad is a London based academic and analyst of Middle Eastern affairs. His research interests are Middle Eastern social history, identity, minority politics, nationalism and popular memory. He previously lectured at the University of Exeter and worked in the Middle East and North Africa Research Group at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He has published widely on Iraq and the broader Middle East and is author of Sectarianism in Iraq: Antagonistic Visions of Unity, Hurst/CUP, 2011. Currently he lectures at the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary, University of London.

 

He plays percussion as a hobby, specialising in the ‘Khishbah’, a folk goblet drum from Southern Iraq. He has often accompanied his brother Attab on middle eastern percussion.

  • Days Distinctive
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    Attab Haddad
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    Days Distinctive
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    £12.00

     Attab Haddad's innovative new attitude to the Oud marks him along other great contemporary players such as Anouar Brahem and Rahim Al-Haj. This recording features Haddad's quintet, augmented with many guest players.

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