Tuesday 11 November, 7:30 pm UK, 8:30 pm Europe. The daughter of oud-player Sol Basha, Madrid-based Regine Basha is an artist, curator, story-teller and  founder of the project Tuning Baghdad. This  is an audio-visual archive of music and stories recalling Regine’s Iraqi-Jewish upbringing, her father´s deep relationship to Arabic music and the lost Jewish performers of Iraqi Maqam. She also has a keen interest in Mizrahi food and has hosted a show called Kitchen Radio.

Regine has collected photographs, cassette tapes and home movies which she has uploaded to the Tuningbaghdad.com website. She has also hosted  a radio show (Clocktower Radio, 2015),  done a performative lecture, a dinner party (Dar Al Suhl Dubai 2013; The Mosaic Room 2018) and other projects. 

In conversation with Lyn Julius, Regine will explain why she is passionate about preserving Mizrahi musical and culinary culture and stories.

Recording here

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