On E. Ali,

I have been wondering as to how to start this blog after a very long time of the site’s existence. And therefore it seems appropriate to start with a few words and thoughts about my new musical project that I am currently involved with: Emam Ali.

First of all, I don’t consider myself to be a religious composer as I have written only 3 religious works among over 80 compositions.

My view on religions in general is that : one should not necessarily accept or deny religions as a presenting boxed package which have been inherited to us from the past. This package is usually made up of many things which include traditions, man made interpretations etc.

Rather than accepting a full package as a closed box with all its mixture of beauty, tradition and procession and at times contradictions, I like to pick only the most beautiful elements of  it (which are by no means little), and research and develop them as best as I can.

In this light, Emam Ali has the most attractive personality who possessed all of the many  uplifting and most beautiful qualities in a man, simultaneously.

The manifestation of these qualities in the highest degree , make him a very special personality for me. Qualities such as his kindness, forgiveness, modesty, his sacrificing nature, in control of his ego as to distancing himself from the love of  the power and wealth, in simple living, in his love and care for others, his absolute fairness, his endless wisdom and knowledge, intellect, his spirituality and his passionate love of God and much more.

I shall write shortly about the musical construction of this work.