{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnyuadartscenter.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Ffanfarai-xbvO3X3J","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Raï, Jazz, Afro-Cuban, and North African History | Fanfaraï Band","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/1ce0a58c-3e05-4d4b-a2e7-f3ffb869b215/6db24df9-af41-4e9d-a977-8c7e81bd8be9/series-cover-nyuad-arts-center.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/cb8b9035-40e4-4665-a13a-d5d061cdc4bb\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Raï, Jazz, Afro-Cuban, and North African History | Fanfaraï Band\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"There is no border for the culture. We sit down with Samir Inal, founder and percussionist, and Mehdi Chaib, saxophonist and percussionist of the Franco-Algerian brass ensemble Fanfaraï, recorded in partnership with The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi. Together, they walk through the roots of North African street music, tracing how traditional Zorna double-reed melodies shifted into full brass arrangements, how forgotten Algerian Raï compositions from Oran carry revolutionary and anti-colonial history, and how sub-Saharan Gnawa and Diwan healing trance rhythms cross the desert to shape regional sounds."}