Arab World Festival

Blending classical finesse with raw emotional depth, Canadian-Algerian soprano Fairouz Oudjida illuminates ancestral traditions, breathing new intensity into a treasured heritage of song. Her powerful voice traces the breathtaking ornamentations of Andalusian music like so many restored jewels, weaving together the nûbas of the Maghreb and the mouwachahat of the Levant in timeless harmony.

Through the delicate beauty of her mesmerising voice, Lila Borsali breathes new life into Ya Ghorbati, a centuries-old chant pulsating with the painful memory of exile. 

For her long-anticipated return to the Arab World Festival, singer-songwriter Lena Chamamyan promises nothing less than a sensory odyssey. 

Attend this free conference by Miloud Chennoufi, Professor of International Relations and Director of Graduate Studies at the Canadian Forces College, Toronto, seeking to explore questions, examining the challenges of mapping a shifting boundary between lived horror and its formal recognition.

Convergence is an encounter between the qanun and the cello, their contrasting timbres overlapping, clashing and finally uniting in a luminous embrace.