The Journey of Qanbūs

Time: October 1 - October 31

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DOCUMENTARY SERIES

The Journey of Qanbūs


With only two professional players and one luthier, the Qanbous instrument is at risk of ceasing to exist. This course was created to help save the jeopardized Qanbous by telling its colourful history narrated by prominent figures central to its journey.

You will get to meet Ahmad Al-Tashi a Yemeni Architect interested in re-introducing and promoting one of the oldest musical instruments in Yemen and the world, or what is known as 'Qanbus' or 'Turbi', an ancient Yemeni music instrument that disappeared at the half of the twentieth century.

Al-Tashi will be breaking down techniques of playing the Qanbus and its life story. In addition to meeting prominent figures central to the journey of Qanbus, you're yet to discover.

Produced by Yemen Used to Be with the partial support of the German Goethe-Instutut.

The Journey of Qanbūs

Time: October 1 - October 31

Pre-enroll
DOCUMENTARY SERIES

The Journey of Qanbūs


With only two professional players and one luthier, the Qanbous instrument is at risk of ceasing to exist. This course was created to help save the jeopardized Qanbous by telling its colourful history narrated by prominent figures central to its journey.


Also, you will get to meet Ahmad Al-Tashi a Yemeni Architect interested in re-introducing and promoting one of the oldest musical instruments in Yemen and the world, or what is known as 'Qanbus' or 'Turbi', an ancient Yemeni music instrument that disappeared at the half of the twentieth century.

Produced by Yemen Used to Be with the partial support of the German Goethe-Instutut.

VISUAL RESEARCH

Stamps of Yemen

People choose to collect stamps for a variety of reasons. Mostly for the pure joy of collecting, but for us, we see stamps as a substantial representation of historical proofs and a major part of our unpreserved visual culture.

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PUBLISHED PROJECTS

PUBLISHED PROJECTS

Yemen’s diverse culture, traditions and art are exhibited through visual stories. Here, we have been telling everyday stories of common people and important figures; which allows Yemenise to relate to their invaluable history.

Stamps have been key enablers of a system that links humans worldwide by physical messages. Today, we preserve them as visual testimonials of our near history and a crucial part of our unpreserved visual culture.

“Togetherness” in the Ramadani social councils in Yemen. We aimed to manifest details that people have begun missing because of the war.

20th of August 2019, happened in Sana'a, Yemen, our first induction exhibition aimed at reaching a larger segment of the people and moving from the virtual world of Social Media to a wider scope of our community.

PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT

PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT

TARAB: FOLKLORE MEDLEY & VIDEO CLIP

A Music piece in collaboration with "Khafafi" band that highlights several different Yemeni tunes. More like an overview representation of diversity and integration in a single artwork with a video clip in progress.

QAMARIYA EXHIBATION - KL, MALAYSIA

The exhibition titled 'Qamaria', inspired by its meaningful presence in every Yemeni home, was a development of our first event held in Sana'a. This exhibition revises Yemeni art utilizing several mediums aligned with a symposium intended to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This event was rapedly postponed in periods between mid 2020 to late 2021 due to long lasting covid restriction in the country until it got permanently cancelled.

A YEMENI AT THE RAJA COURT

Shot in intermittent periods between 2015, 2018, 2019, and 2022, this documentary film tells the life story of Omar Saeed Bahbarah, a Hadhrami respected figure who worked for the Q'uaiti Sultanate Palace in Hadhramout and was later then chosen by the Indian Raja to serve at his court in Bombay. The film relays his experience during two interrelated golden ages of Yemeni and Indian culture, language, cinema, politics and everyday life and is currently to be applied to film funds for further development stages.

THE STORY OF AMAL BALJOUN

"Mama Amal", as named by her fans, one of the pioneer news anchors in Yemen. Her story was supposed to be part of our social media feature stories until we decided to extend our effort into creating this short documentary cover and document her present after a rich career-life journey.

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