Tag: Paris

Samir Constantini, a Franco- Syrian doctor, had a dream: to bring the famous Aleppo soap of his ancestral homeland to France. He began selling Aleppo soap door to door to French pharmacies after work. Soon, after a trip to Aleppo, he began a partnership with Hassan Harastani, a master soapmaker,…[…]

Originally a guitar player from Aleppo, Syria, Bako has been instrumental in introducing the oud—particularly the Syrian oud– to European musicians. Today, European musicians are becoming increasingly aware that their guitar music has its roots in the Arab world, and that discovering Arabic music is discovering part of their own…[…]