Moneim Adwan

Moneim Abdel Adwan (her complete name) is a Chanteur and a Musicien Palestinian, born in 1970 in Rafah in the Gaza Strip. Moneim Adwan sings since its childhood of the popular songs and the praises to the prophet. Its songs are creations taking as a starting point the Palestinian traditional musical inheritance and the Arab traditional repertory, trying to propose a new music based primarily on the Means-Eastern knowledge and experiments.

His/her mother naturally transmits to her children the passion of the heritage of the traditional songs of the area of Gaza which she sings for all the occasions: marriages, births, work… Of a family of Sheik, the Koranic recitation forms also part of the sound environnemnt of Moneim. At seventeen years, it is interested in the Oud. It records in particular at the sides of Francoise Atlan in a repertory mixing Moslem and Jewish spiritual songs séfarades. After its studies, Moneim begins a round in Tunisia, in Egypt, in Jordan and Iraq. Of return in its birthplace in 1994, he collaborates for various events organized by the Palestinian government, as musician, at the time of the many festivals which are given in the honor of foreign visitors and the dignitaries of the country. He in addition prepares educational programs intended for ONG and the schools supported by the " Ministry for the Culture and Éducation". The music then accompanies the significant events by the rebuilding of the country. Moneim also composes of the musics for the cinema (" Radim" with Abd el-Salam Shrada), the theater (" M.Perfect" Fikra theater), series of the very new Palestinian television, reports, radio programs. Since 1999, it records three discs in France: " Chicha" (meets with the musical world of Provence), " Nawah" , " Motayem the insane one of amour" (meets with the group of Iraqi influences “Fishermen of Pearls”).

The songs of Moneim Adwan are original creations inspired of the Palestinian traditional musical inheritance and Arab traditional repertory. Texts of this musician as his music put moving the tradition so that these traditions remain alive, while following the way of a sometimes difficult evolution in an oppressed country.

Moneim Adwan is a musician anxious to make share the heart and Palestinian philosophy with its public as much by the means of Taha (traditional repertory) that by its own original compositions Darwish.

One says of him

“It is difficult to resist the emotions diffused by its voice, which, to go quickly is not without pointing out that of Cheb Mami. Both have in division this seizing ease has to go up towards the acute ones. (…) While launching his worms, this artist reaches more surely the heart and the heart of his listeners that if it used of the guns of propaganda. Moneim Adwan belongs to this courageous brotherhood which weaves bonds instead of cutting them” . Michel Doussot, Routard Mag, March 21st, 2006

“Moneim Adwan, which lives in the south of Gaza, sings more usual topics with Arab poetry, the love, spirituality, nature… It with the voice worthy of the tenors of the golden age of the Arab music of first half of the 20th century (…) Moneim Adwan sings méditatives parts, contemplative loves in the tradition of the Arab classical music. `And I dream of a fatherland/Resembling have a fatherland/Which awakes time', also sing it, caught up with him by a destiny which is called Palestine. ” Musics world, December 2005

“The acute flood of its song, enamelled melisms in extreme cases of the sob, sometimes dubious at the beginning in the concert opens out at the time of the last pieces in an enthusiastic call in charge of inspiration. Moneim Adwan will have been this evening the great revelation of the festival of Fès. Its name could refleurir well, “Inch' allah”, on the posters of many festivals of music of the world. ” François Bensignor, Mondomix reports, June 2nd, 2004

Discography

It was once Palestine

Bonds Internet

http://www.moneimadwan.com/
http://www.routard.com/mag_musique/452/moneim_adwan_il_etait_une_fois_en_palestine.htm
http://www.compagnie-montanaro.com/montanaro/artiste.asp?artiste=4

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