Karim Nagi

Join Egyptian-American Karim Nagi on an engaging, high-energy journey to learn about Arab and Muslim culture through fascinating instruments, folk music and traditional dance. Karim uses authentic costumes, maps, Arabic words, lots of audience participation and humor as he enlightens his audience about a captivating world beyond the headlines. Karim is a master percussionist and a boisterous dancer who likes to have fun with his audience! Students will clap unique rhythms, dance and celebrate as they learn about these amazing and ancient cultural traditions. A former faculty member of the New England Conservatory of Music for 5 years, Karim now performs nationwide to great acclaim with the SHARQ Arabic Music Ensemble.

Karim Nagi is a native Egyptian who specializes in traditional Arabic music. He uses his traditional foundation to re-imagine the culture, discovering progressive deliveries and new concepts. Karim performs primarily Arabic, Turkish and Andalusian hand percussion, including the Egyptian Tabla (goblet drum), Riqq (tambourine), Duff (frame drum), and Segat (brass castanets). Karim has authored instructional CDs and DVDs. Karim is a former faculty member of the New England Conservatory of Music and leads the SHARQ Arabic Music Ensemble performing the classical Arabic instrumental and vocal repertoire. Karim dances and teaches Dabka (Arabic Line Dance), leads the Zaitoun Dabka Troupe, and is the director of the Arabic Dance Seminar, a travelling weekend of workshops for professional training in pan-Arab dance.