Madafeh: Palestinian-American musician Ronnie Malley

Please join us for a virtual session of open discussion about Palestinian topics.
Please join us for a conversation with and some oud playing by Chicago-based Palestinian American musician Ronnie Malley. Ronnie has just returned from Qatar where he performed and entertained the masses of the World Cup fans. He will share with us his impressions of the unprecedented support and solidarity Palestine received at the World Cup and its significance going forward.

About Ronnie Malley

Ronnie Malley is a Palestinian multi-instrumentalist musician, composer, sound designer, producer, actor, playwright, educator, and executive director of Intercultural Music Production. He is author of the acclaimed solo play, Ziryab, The Songbird of Andalusia, co-author of the Kennedy Center Citizen Artist award-winning play American Griot, and has composed and performed in regional and international productions including Disney’s The Jungle Book, Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s The White Snake, and Chicago Shakespeare Theatre’s Macbeth. With a degree in Global Music Studies from DePaul University, Ronnie is a teaching artist with Chicago Public Schools, Global Voices Initiative, Chicago Arts Partnership in Education, a faculty member at Old Town School of Folk Music, and a guest lecturer at universities. He is currentlypursuing a graduate degree in linguistics and Semitic languages at the University of Chicago.