El Ard, El Salam
El Ard... El Salam (Arabic: الأرض..السلام) is a 2002 studio album by Mohamed Mounir. In contrast to Mounir's largely secular catalogue of albums, El Ard... El Salam (The Earth... Peace) features religiously themed lyrics. The album features various Western musicians, including the German oud-player, guitarist and composer Roman Bunka.[2][3]
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| Released | 2002 | |||
| Label | Africana | |||
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Following the September 11th attacks, Mounir feared that Islam was increasingly being associated with terrorism and intolerance in the West and was thus driven to learn more about his religion. This desire lead the artist to perform the hajj in the winter of 2001.[4] He returned critical of both fellow Muslims for not seeking the true meaning of the religion, and non-Muslims for judging a religion which felt that they knew very little about.[4] These experiences led him to release El Ard... El Salam, with the hope that this album would present a truer, more peaceful image of Islam.[5]
Track listing
- "Maddad Ya Rasul Allah" - 6:05
- "Sali Ya Waheb El Safa" - 4:25
- "Allahoo Ya Allahoo" - 4:42
- "Salatun Fi Sirri wa Gahri" - 6:57
- "Salatu Allah Ya Mawlay " - 4:34
- "Salatun ala Mustapha " - 3:13
- "Absheru Ya Shabab" - 4:08
- "Ashraku El Badr" - 3:48
- "Maddad" (Germany) - 4:53
References
- Nickson, Chris. El Ard, El Salam at AllMusic
- Al-Ahram Weekly Online, 2 - 8 January 2003 Archived 27 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 18 June 2010
- Roman Bunka Biography at Official Website Accessed 18 June 2010
- Biography at Musician Guide Accessed 20 June 2010
- Al Arabiya Online, 11 September 2009 Accessed 20 June 2010