The Islamic Call To Prayer [Podcast]

By Baxter Jackson On December 2, 2009 · 10 Comments

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The Islamic call to prayer, adhan, is the essence of the Middle East – evocative, mysterious and as richly textured as a Persian carpet. Baxter Jackson hits the streets of Cairo to unravel the religious, cultural and historical threads that bind Muslims together as one.

Listen to the podcast [audio:http://cdn1.matadornetwork.com/bravenewtraveler.com/docs/wp-content/images/sound/20091127-islam.mp3]

Have you experienced the call to prayer? Or if you’re a Muslim, what does the call to prayer mean for you?

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Baxter Jackson's goal in life is to visit every country on earth before he dies. He's 39 now and has seen only 26% of it. Think the dude'll make it? Keep track at his blog Dude Travels To Go.

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http://danieldmello.blogspot.com/ Daniel

Living in Muscat, we used to hear the call to prayer multiple times a day. Quite beautiful. We’d never get tired of listening to it.
http://www.onlookfilms.com Anna Kipervaser

Your podcast is amazing! I learned a lot and was inspired quite seriously! I would really like to talk to you further about this interview and about the work my team and I are doing. Please contact me directly.

We are working on a project documenting the adhan in Cairo as it is heard now – from thousands of muezzins – before the unification occurs.

Voices and Faces of the Adhan: Cairo is a documentary film, audio archiving and art installation project about the adhan. This 1400 year old oral tradition has never been documented or recorded for historical study, and it is about to be erased through modern technology. The film is fiscally sponsored by Hartley Film Foundation, with generous support from National Geographic’s All Roads Film Project as well as Hartley Film Foundation.

Please check out the project. http://www.onlookfilms.com

http://www.youtube.com/user/bxt Baxter

Hey, thanks Anna! I checked out the project you’re working on and I would love to be a part of it – it sounds like a story that needs to be told before it’s too late.

http://www.youtube.com/user/bxt Baxter

Hey, Daniel – I feel ya on that one. Living in Nizwa (the Pearl of Islam) means I’m always in earshot of a muezzin but nothing can top the cacophonous call to prayer in Cairo, the city victorious.
Joon

Based in Al Khuwair in Muscat= a stone’s throw away from the beautiful mosque by Radisson Hotel… Call to prayer is music to my interfaith ears! It’s God whispering in Arabic symphony!

http://www.youtube.com/user/bxt Baxter

I’m in Al Khuwair all the time – the only thing is that sometimes God’s whispering is more like SHOUTING (especially for the 4:30am prayer

Joon

Actually… at that time of 430am..it would indeed be an alarm clock disguised as “alarm clock”.! More insights on call to prayer next time, Baxter. Kudos on such great articles on Oman!
From a fellow CfBTer in Al Khuwair= J

http://www.youtube.com/user/bxt Baxter

Thanks, Joon – so you must teach at the CfBT headquarters then, eh? Any chance you could wasta me on board?

Joon

Email me and we’ll see what we can do
haruhisah@yahoo.com

Salaam,
Joon
Karen Anne

I really miss hearing this. It would be nice to have a podcast with no voice over.

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