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Monday, September 12, 2022

An ode to Petra

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC: An ode to the rose-red city: Jordanian soprano Barhoum set to release music video ‘Petra’ (Jessi Amason, Jordan Times).
AMMAN — For artists recording new music, consulting academic journals and learning an archaic language are not typically part of the creative process. Yet, for Jordanian classical singer Zeina Barhoum, the work behind her upcoming song and music video, titled “Petra”, involved research, expert collaborators and the study of Nabataean Aramaic. [...]
The music video is scheduled for release next month.

For lots of PaleoJudaica posts on the ancient Nabatean capital city of Petra in Jordan, see here and links, plus here and here.

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