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The Islamic call to prayer, adhan, is the essence of the Middle East – evocative, mysterious and as richly textured as a Persian carpet. Baxter Jackson hits the streets of Cairo to unravel the religious, cultural and historical threads that bind Muslims together as one.
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Have you experienced the call to prayer? Or if you’re a Muslim, what does the call to prayer mean for you?
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Your podcast is amazing! I learned a lot and was inspired quite seriously! I would really like to talk to you further about this interview and about the work my team and I are doing. Please contact me directly.
We are working on a project documenting the adhan in Cairo as it is heard now – from thousands of muezzins – before the unification occurs.
Voices and Faces of the Adhan: Cairo is a documentary film, audio archiving and art installation project about the adhan. This 1400 year old oral tradition has never been documented or recorded for historical study, and it is about to be erased through modern technology. The film is fiscally sponsored by Hartley Film Foundation, with generous support from National Geographic’s All Roads Film Project as well as Hartley Film Foundation.
Please check out the project. http://www.onlookfilms.com
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Hey, thanks Anna! I checked out the project you’re working on and I would love to be a part of it – it sounds like a story that needs to be told before it’s too late.
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Hey, Daniel – I feel ya on that one. Living in Nizwa (the Pearl of Islam) means I’m always in earshot of a muezzin but nothing can top the cacophonous call to prayer in Cairo, the city victorious.
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Based in Al Khuwair in Muscat= a stone’s throw away from the beautiful mosque by Radisson Hotel… Call to prayer is music to my interfaith ears! It’s God whispering in Arabic symphony!
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I’m in Al Khuwair all the time – the only thing is that sometimes God’s whispering is more like SHOUTING (especially for the 4:30am prayer
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Actually… at that time of 430am..it would indeed be an alarm clock disguised as “alarm clock”.! More insights on call to prayer next time, Baxter. Kudos on such great articles on Oman!
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Thanks, Joon – so you must teach at the CfBT headquarters then, eh? Any chance you could wasta me on board?
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Email me and we’ll see what we can do
haruhisah@yahoo.comSalaam,
Joon↵
