DESCRIPTION:
In a traditional show during Christmas times and St Lucia, and from Oscar Fredriks kyrka in Gothenburg, the musician Marianne Holmboe chanted Maryam El Bekre (مريم البكر) in Arabic language. Another Swedish lesson in tolerance and democracy.

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Marianne Holmboe specializes in traditional Arabic music, Andalusian medieval Arabic and Sephardic music and flamenco. She also has a trio playing her own music.

If you are interested, you can listen to it in original Arabic language by Lebanese musician Abir Nehme. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOKmImLYuGs