El Khat + Mustafa Darwish & Shair Faizi

El Khat
a homemade junkyard band led by multi-instrumentalist Eyal El Wahab.
Through experimenting with DIY homemade instruments as a means to life minimalism philosophy, it has led to the three-piece creating an endless collection of Arabic tunes of Yemeni origin.Detached to a land or to any flag is the driving force behind the group, with the heart of their music and their heritage rooted in Yemen. The constant division that has been created by wars and immigrations have pushed out an identity.

Mustafa Darwish & Shair Faizi

Mustafa Darwish is a talented Rubab player, teacher, and ensemble leader dedicated to preserving, and promoting traditional Afghan music. Born in Kabul, Afghanistan, he studied at the Afghan National Institute of Music (ANIM). After completing his education, he began teaching the Rubab, one of Afghanistan’s national and iconic musical instruments.As the leader of the Young Afghan Traditional Ensemble and the Junior Afghan Traditional Ensemble at ANIM, Darwish played a crucial role in mentoring young musicians in traditional Afghan instruments such as the Rubab, Tanbur, and Harmonium.