Masgid Mahmoudeya: Sheikh Hamed: Fajr Adhan

Kipervaser, A., On Look Films, & LLC. (2010). Masgid Mahmoudeya: Sheikh Hamed: Fajr Adhan [Video file]. http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/237237

Description

Sheikh Hamed recites the Fajr adhan at 3:53am on August 19, 2010 at Mahmoudeya Mosque in Sayeda Aisha, calling the faithful to come and to pray. He has been a muezzin here for 20 years.

Abstract

Video & audio recordings of 6 muezzins reciting the adhan (Muslim call to prayer), with supporting photographs of muezzins and their respective mosques.

Keywords

Oral Literature, Oral Tradition, Linguistic Anthropology, Muezzin, Adhan, Cairo, Egypt, Ethnomusicology, Islam, Mosque, Sacred music, Call to prayer, Ancient tradition

Spatial Coverage

Mahmoudeya Mosque, Sayeda Aisha, Cairo, Egypt

Temporal Coverage

August 19th 2010

Sponsorship

Hartley Film Foundation, National Geographic All Roads Film Project, Lucius and Eva Eastman Fund

Identifiers

This record's URL: http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/237237

Rights

Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported