Folio Presents: Oud: A Musical History with Stephen Elaimy and Jane Hall

Monday, August 3, 2026 · 6:30 PM PDT · Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum

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Folio Presents: Oud: A Musical History with Stephen Elaimy and Jane Hall

Stephen Elaimy and Jane Hall explore the oud's role in Arabic music history at this Folio event in Pike Place Market on Monday, August 3, 2026. Elaimy, who leads the Seattle-based House of Tarab ensemble, specializes in classic Egyptian music and Levantine traditions—the kind of stuff designed to induce tarab, that untranslatable state of musical bliss. If you're curious about how a single instrument shaped an entire musical world, this is your entry point.

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Stephen Elaimy
House of Tarab, Arabic Music Ensemble, is based in Seattle and performs classic & traditional music of the Golden Era of Egyptian music and film, music of the Levant (Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine), and the greater Middle East. “Tarab” is an Arabic word not found in the English language that describes a state of emotional transformation and bliss when one is wholly absorbed in music. House of Tarab (A.K.A.
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Jane Hall

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Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum

93 Pike St #307, Seattle, WA 98101 · Downtown, Seattle

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Folio Presents: Oud: A Musical History with Stephen Elaimy and Jane Hall

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