Originally posted by Jameel
I think it's nice that so many here (of the ethnic Meditteraneans/Middle-easterners) are Eastern Orthodox or Coptic. I'll tie this topic in with the
oud by saying how I feel it's such a positive observation that helps clear up a misconception that Arabic music is somehow "Islamic" only. It's the
melding of various cultures that has made Arabic music enjoyable to so many. It also reminds me that in my family's village in Lebanon, the guardians
of the Shrine to the Great Martyr George, in my grandfather's time, were Moslems. |