Jihene E. Serkhane

Dar Brooklyn: Darbuka for Her! | Dar Brooklyn: Chaabi For Her!
Artistic Discipline: Folk ArtsPerforming Arts
Category: Brooklyn Arts FundCreative Equations Fund: Justice, Equity, & Sustainability
Grant Year: 2022
Location: Bay Ridge
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Dar Brooklyn: Darbuka for Her! are introductory traditional Algerian Darbuka (goblet drum) workshops targeting women/girls in ethnically diverse Bushwick and in Middle-Eastern/North-African (MENA) BayRidge, culminating in a joint performance (hafla).

Dar Brooklyn: Chaabi For Her! are traditional Algerian singing and drumming (darbuka and tar) classes targeting Middle-Eastern/North-African (MENA) and Latina women/girls in BayRidge, culminating in a concert about immigration and indigenous-rights.

Image: Jihene Serkhane & The Passion Project.