IBC Hosts Cultural a Evening of Celebrated Iraqi Maqam (Classical Music of Iraq) Singer Dr. Hussein Al-Adhami
Among the activities of IBC Cultural Program (Ibdaa), IBC hosted on Saturday June 4th 2016 on IBC Hall at Swefiya / 1st Floor a cultural evening of the celebrated Iraqi Maqam (Classical Music of Iraq) Singer Dr. Hussein Al-Adhami. At the beginning of the ceremony, Journalist Dr. Hameed Abdullah provided an overview on the biography of Dr. Hussein Al-Adhami and the main parts of Dr. Al-Adhami’s book “Tales of Photographic Memory” that is classified in the framework of biography and personal memoirs book enhanced by pictures.
The writer, Dr. Hussein Al-Adhami, provided a presentation on the history of Iraqi Maqam and his experience and elaborated on his books and the first part of his most recent one “Tales of Photographic Memory” in which he tends to register events and memories similar to the memoirs style through attempts of conscious and spontaneous unconscious thinking.
The writer relied on the rich content of photographs and their surroundings of history and memories. The evening also included lyrical applications of Iraqi Maqam.
On IBC side, the event was attended by IBC Vice Chairman and Secretary Mr. Saad Naji, a number of IBC Board members; Mr. Nazar Awchi, Mr. Fakhri Reshan, Mr. Usama Al-Quraishi, Mr. Mekki Al-Faez, Mr. Ali Ghalib, Engineer Jalal Al-Qaoud, Mr. Muhammad Al-Sarraf, IBC members; Mrs. Tamara Daghistani, Mr. Muhammad Al-Baghdadi, in addition to IBC guests; the Iraqi Ambassador’s mother Sheikha Menerva Al-Siheil, the Iraqi Health Attaché Dr. Khamis Al-Saad and his assistant, a number of writers, artists, media, satellite TV channels, IBC CEO and staff.
