Ibrahim Muslimani

Born in Aleppo 1992, Ibrahim was raised in a family that had a great interest in Chanting. His early steps started in 2003 when he began to learn the essentials of percussion and rhythms from his older brother, Mohamad Muslimani. Meanwhile, he joined some chanting groups as a professional Daf player. Nawa Band : In 2009, Ibrahim started his own musical project by forming Nawa Band which is concerned with reviving and propagating Muwashahat and Qudud of all forms, religious and non-religious, and documenting Fusool of inherited Dhikr in Syria. Released an album: (NAWA – Ancient Sufi Invocations & Forgotten Songs from Aleppo) in cooperation with “Lost Origin Productions” in Washington DC, 2014. Ibrahim Muslimani, a graduate of the Department of Television and Cinema Studies at Gaziantep University, is a founder and CEO of “Nefes Institution for Arts and Culture” and was a co-founder and percussionist in Dopamine Band for Oriental Jazz. He also co-founded the Turkish-Syrian band “Hayal” and the duet “Wajd”. Ibrahim is also interested in Daf manufacturing. He made multiple models that were exported to France.