Premiere Wajd – Sonia Mbarek – Tunisia

The famous Tunisian singer presents a special creation for the Festival featuring Sufi poetry.

We are the protectors of the Sun.

There is only one reason we have followed God into this world:

To encourage laughter, freedom, dance and love.

Hafiz

With a background of Sufi contemplation, Sonia Mbarek sings sumptuous works by the great poets inspired by peace and personal joy, such as Andaloussi, Mohamed Iqbal, Ibn El Faredh and Khaled Oueghlani. Composers Fathi Zghonda, Rachid Yedess and Sonia Mbarek herself have brought to these works delightful music of great simplicity.

The rhythms have been chosen in accordance with those used in the various styles of Sufi inshad, such as daffa, Dkhoul, Btaïhi, Aissaoui, Wahda and more. These are allied to the mood of tarab (musical ecstasy) and the tempo of spiritual song perpetually in search of trance and exaltation of the spirit.