Etel Adnan was born in 1925, in Beirut, to a Greek mother and a Syrian father. Writer, poet and polyglot plastic artist, she wrote in French, English and Arabic … She died on November 14, 2021 and to pay tribute to her, we are rebroadcasting the program we recorded with her in June 2015.
Citizen of the world, Etel Adnan had this particular awareness of those who are crossed by several cultures. The heart-wrenching conflict between his original Arab culture and his adopted Western culture, the ravages of war in Lebanon, Iraq and throughout the Middle East fueled a reflection on the place of humans in the torments of the story…
Etel Adnan’s musical choices
Oum KaltoumGhanili chouïa
Miles davis Sketches of Spain
Duke Ellington / Billie Holiday Prelude to a kiss
Mounir Bachir