Join the Arab British Centre, A.Mal Projects and Takafes for a night of sound to close the 3oubour: A River Between Mountains exhibition.

During the residency in Fes, music played a central role. Whether echoing from the Zawiyas we walked by, or hummed around the table after dinner, sharing songs was a way of connecting to landscapes and histories.

To honour this tradition, we invite you to share with us a night of sound at the Crafts Council Gallery. From 5pm, the gallery will be open late for your viewing pleasure, and will be filled with sound from half past, with a workshop and two performances thereafter.

Programme

Late opening 5-9pm

5:30-6:30pm Singing Rivers & Mountains Workshop with Fatima Lahham (Free, limited capacity. Book here)

Join us for a relaxed and open workshop exploring voices, rivers, mountains, and the ways they flow in and out of each other. Using improvisation and our imaginations, we will explore how our voices can carry and share stories of different landscapes, bodies of water, and ways of relating across histories and seas. No musical experience needed, just bring yourself and the name of your favourite river and/or mountain.

7pm – 8:30pm Performances by Sarah Ouhrahmane and Hamza Bouzhar

9pm – Gallery closes

Fatima Lahham (pictured) is a London-based recorder player, vocalist and improviser. Her heritage embraces Jabal Qasiyun in Damascus and the Cherwell river in Oxford amongst other rivers and mountains. Fatima’s work brings people together through listening, voice and improvisation. She is currently a Hallsworth Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, leading a community music project with Muslim communities in London and Greater Manchester. Her debut album bulbul (2022) and her book Improvising Otherwise (2025) are both inspired by her love of sound and story.

Sara Rahman (Sarah Ourahmane) is a British Algerian musician, composer, sound-artist and researcher. Her practice spans classical contemporary composition, electronic music, performance, and improvisation as a vocalist and cellist. Engaging with the intersections of sonic anthropology, research and performance, she explores the gaps between tradition and ritual in authoritarianism contexts. Her works have been released on 3024 and commissioned by BBC, Sound and Music, the British Music Collection, Sculpture International Rotterdam and she has exhibited at Forma Arts Media, Somerset House, MACBA, Barcelona and worked on exhibitions at the Castello di Rivoli and OGR, Turin.

Hamza Bouzhar is a Moroccan artist, Sufi singer and composer and the recipient of numerous individual and collective awards for his music in Morocco. His music is deeply rooted in Moroccan and Amazigh traditions, and has been honed through singing in school and festivals internationally.

The 3oubour: A River Between Mountains exhibition is at Crafts Council Gallery from 13 – 22 November. The project is co-produced by The Arab British Centre, A.MAL Projects and Takafes, with the support of British Council in Morocco, Henry Moore Foundation, Artsadmin, and Freelands Foundation. In partnership with Crafts Council. Design by Salt & Sister Studio.