Morisco Memory from the album Nur Music composed by Ali Keeler in collaboration with Al Firdaus Ensemble

 

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Morisco Memory from the album Nur Music composed by Ali Keeler in collaboration with Al Firdaus Ensemble 

 

The verses are from the Aljamiado poem 'Al Madha' from an original 16th century manuscript kept at the CSIC in Madrid 

 

The Arabic poem is by the Egyptian poet Ahmad Shawqi 

The Morisco manuscript was discovered by builders while restoring a house in the town of Almonacid de la Sierra near Zaragoza in the year 1884. It was hidden inside a wall by a Morisco family when the edict was made by King Philip lll to expel the Moriscos from the Spanish peninsular in the year 1609. 

 

The poem is in Aljamiado which is an old Castilian dialect written in the Arabic script. For practical reasons the location of the incident was changed to Granada for the video clip. 

 

Similar manuscripts have been discovered in several different locations in Spain. 

 

Musicians Ali Keeler: violin and vocals Omar Benlamlih: 

vocals and percussion Youssef El Mezghildi: 

qanun Muhammad Domínguez: 

percussion Alfredo Mesa: 

Flamenco guitar Karima Toré: 

flute Tasnim Melendres: 

vocals Members of Nur Ensemble choir 

 

Main actors 

Grandfather: Shuaib Sánchez 

Father: Abdalqadir Schaller 

Mother: Salma Vives 

Son: Uwais Keeler 

Daughter: Widad Schaller 

Younger daughter: Karima 

Román Guards: Malik and Jafar Gil 

Bricklayer: Yusuf Bedmar 

Video Director: Yusuf Bedmar 

Script: Al Firdaus Ensemble and Dario Ranocchiari 

Executive producers: Dario Ranocchiari and Ali Keeler Photography: Yusuf Bedmar and Dario Ranocchiari 

Camera and editing: Dario Ranocchiari 

Postproduction: La Nave Nodriza 

Costumes and makeup manager: Fathima Martín 

Set design: Shuaib Sánchez 

Special thanks To all our extras who volunteered to participate in this video clip. 

To Rahma for letting us film in her beautiful house "La Casa Morisca" 

To the Ramírez Gallardo family. 

 

This video has been produced in collaboration with the project Videomusicking Al Ándalus, funded by Fondazione Giorgio Cini (Venice) through the Carpitella Grant 2019 

 

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Al Firdaus Ensemble - Live at Sarajevo My Umma

 

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Al firdaus Ensemble - Live at Sarajevo My Umma (Part 1) | (فرقة الفردوس - مهرجان أمتي (الجزء الأول

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Listen now to our album "Safa": https://bit.ly/alfirdaussafaalbum Our participation in a grand event called "My Umma" in Sarajevo to welcome the arrival of Ramadan Several male and female choirs, a large band and a traditional Morroccan Andalusi ensemble accompanied us in a performance Al Madha and Fiashiya under the sensitive and expert direction of the conductor, Mehmed Bajratarevic. It was a unique and inspiring experience. مشاركتنا في حفلة سراييفو مهرجان أمتي للترحيب بوصول رمضان بعنوان شارك معنا فرقة كبيرة ومجموعة الأندلس المغربي التقليدي Subscribe to Al Firdaus Ensemble Official Channel: - اشترك في القناة الرسمية لفرقة الفردوس: - http://bit.ly/AlFirdausEnsembleSub #Shalawat #الاندلس #Sufi --- تابع الحسابات الرسمية لفرقة الفردوس: Connect with Al Firdaus Ensemble on: Facebook: https://facebook.com/AlFirdausEnsemble Twitter: https://twitter.com/FirdausEnsemble Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/firdausense...

Al firdaus Ensemble - Live in Sarajevo Part 2 My Umma Festival| فرقة الفردوس - مهرجان أمتي

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Al firdaus Ensemble - Live in Sarajevo Part 2 My Umma Festival| فرقة الفردوس - مهرجان أمتي

 

Al Firdaus participation in a grand event called "My Umma" in Sarajevo to welcome the arrival of Ramadan It was attended by the President of Bosnia and crowd of over 15000 people. They performed with several Bosnian choirs and musicians as well as musicians from abroad. In this song "U Dergjahu Mog Srca", Ali Keeler from Al Firdaus Ensemble sings in Bosnian for the first time. The last verse is sung by a female singer from Serbia, Berina Crnišanin. مشاركتنا في مهرجان أمتي في سراييفو للترحيب بوصول رمضان حضرها رئيس البوسنة وحشد من أكثر من 15000 شخص. عزفوا مع عدة موسيقيين بوسنيين وكذلك موسيقيين من الخارج. في هذه الأغنية "U Dergjahu Mog Srca" ، يغني علي كيلير من فرقة الفردوس في البوسنية لأول مرة. تغنى الآية الأخيرة مغنية من صربيا ، بيرينا كرنيسانين. Subscribe to Al Firdaus Ensemble Official Channel: - اشترك في القناة الرسمية لفرقة الفردوس: - http://bit.ly/AlFirdausEnsembleSub #Ramadan #رمضان #Sufi تابع الحسابات الرسمية لفرقة الفردوس: Connect with Al Firdaus Ensemble on: Facebook: https://facebook.com/AlFirdausEnsemble Twitter: https://twitter.com/FirdausEnsemble Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/firdausense... "U Dergjahu Mog Srca" U dergjahu mog srca, Jedna riječ-imam kuca: La ilahe ila Allah! Što je vise govorim, Za njom više ožednim: La ilahe ila Allah! Vali mora zelenog, Kriju školjku srca mog: La ilahe ila Allah! Nikom ne dam horove, Štono prave grozdove: La ilahe ila Allah! Niko vidjeti neće, Sedef kako se meće: La ilahe ila Allah! Niko saznao nije, Grubi oklop šta krije: La ilahe ila Allah! Junus-Džemal govori Dok u njemu krvca vri: La ilahe ila Allah! Jedan Allah, jedan je, Nejma veće istine: La ilahe ila Allah! "In the Shrine of my Heart" In the dargah1 of my heart, An Imam word beats: "La ilaha ila Allah!" The more I say it, The more thirsty I am for it: "La ilaha ila Allah!" The waves of the green sea, Are hiding the shell of my heart: "La ilaha ila Allah!" I won't give choruses to anybody, The ones which make clusters: "La ilaha ila Allah!" Nobody will ever see, A sadaf2 being put: "La ilaha ila Allah!" Nobody has found out, What the tough shell hides: "La ilaha ila Allah!" Yunus3-Jamil is saying, While the blood boils in him: "La ilaha ila Allah!" Allah is One, One is He, There is no bigger truth: "La ilaha ila Allah!" 1 Dargah means in Persian, Sufi lodge. 2 Sadaf is an Arabic word meaning, Shell, or mother of pearl. 3 Yunus refers to the great 13th century sufi poet Yunus Emre.