SHANASHEEL - arabic music group

Shanasheel (noun) - Iraqi name for the mashrabiya, a well-known Islamic architectural element, which appears as an extruded wooden structure from the frontal façade of domestic buildings.

Shanasheel performing Samai Nahawand (taslim & 4th hane) by Nadim al-Darwish - Woodford Festival, 2018

 
 

SHANASHEEL - Arabic Music Group:

Nawres al-Freh - Tarhu Joza & Violin

Trad Joseph Trad - Ney & Clarinet

Philip Griffin - Oud

Jordan Stamos - Darbukka & Frame-drum

The group plays Arab classical music by such composers as Mohammed Abd el-Wahab, Nadhom al-Ghazali, Zaki Nassif, Mohammed al-Qasabji, Tanburi Cemil Bey, Rouhi al-Khamash and many others.