{"id":27291,"date":"2023-07-10T08:27:37","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T06:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/?p=27291"},"modified":"2023-07-10T15:47:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T13:47:54","slug":"reviving-the-nay-tradition-in-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/reviving-the-nay-tradition-in-jordan\/","title":{"rendered":"Reviving the Nay Tradition in Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Give to me the reed (nay) and sing thou!
\nForget all the cures and ills.
\nMankind is like verses written
\nUpon the surface of the rills.<\/p>\n

\u2014Gibran Khalil Gibran, The Procession<\/em><\/p>\n

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Reem Halasa<\/h4>\n

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There\u2019s a tune that calls to the heart, that speaks to the yearning and sorrow of the soul. It comes from the reed flute, or nay (also ney). In Arabic the word \u201cAneen,\u201d or moaning, is often used to describe the mesmerizing nay-created tune that unites the human spirit with both nature and the divine.<\/p>\n

The nay is among the oldest wind instruments known to civilization, and it is deeply woven into Middle Eastern popular culture and musical heritage. But with past colonial influences and contemporary Western cultural hegemony, our societies are losing their connection to this rich heritage, and traditions such as folk music are losing their hold and disappearing from our consciousness.<\/p>\n

Rabee\u2019 Zureikat is on a mission to restore severed links to the Arab past and revive our musical heritage for future generations. Fueled by his infatuation with the music of the nay, he wanted to learn to play this instrument, but his journey proved more arduous than it had to be.<\/p>\n