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𝑶𝒖𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓 | 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆𝒓 | 𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒓 | 𝑫𝒋
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Interzone Editions is immensely proud to announce 𝑨𝒎𝒂 𝑳𝒆𝒍 𝑯𝒂𝒘𝒂 / أَما لِلهَوى — the first solo full-length album by Tunisia-born, Montreal-based oud player and composer Emna Mâaref. Open for pre-order as of today.

Two singles out now everywhere: ‘Ouverture’25’ & ‘Wa Na7ya.’

Full album out on vinyl + digital July 30th.

Stream, download, purchase — link in bio.

This is the first set of compositions that the virtuoso oud player entirely dedicates to the instrument that she carried, and that carried her around the world for more than twenty years. A work borne of mutual devotion, of a love and friendship that exile can never erase.
Recorded in no more than one day, improvised or partially composed, but never written, these ten pieces unfold with a patience in development and a mastery of sound that place Mâaref among the greats of the eleven strings. This is the music of a warrior and a poet, a music that, though full of secrets, demands to be felt. Its questions arrive as commands: “has longing no hold over you…?” “Yes, I am longing, and within me is a burning ache / But someone like me does not let her secret be known.”

All music composed and performed by @emnamaaref
Bass by Lounis Adjissa, Saxophone by Habib El Bardi on Wa Na7ya.
Recorded by @radwanghazimoumneh at hotel2tango.
Mixing, mastering, artwork & design by @jesseosbornelanthier
Calligraphy by Jack Montaly @i.mimic
Photo by @nik_jewell

Published by Interzone Editions
© 2026 by @emnamaaref

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𝐀𝐦𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐰𝐚 أَما للهَوى is OUT NOW on all the platforms ✨

Link in bio 🔗

Music video
Directed by Emna Mâaref
DOP & Editing by @nik_jewell
Make-up & Hair by @boussaidmariem
Styling assistance by @butterburro
Bass by @yoni.mcsloughi , Saxophone by Habib Bardi
Recorded by @radwanghazimoumneh at hotel2tango
Mixing, mastering and artwork by @jesseosbornelanthier
Calligraphy by Jack Montaly @i.mimic

Special thanks to @ghazbena and Abbas the Cat 🐈

Published by Interzone Editions
© 2026 by @emnamaaref

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‘𝐀𝐦𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐰𝐚 : 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡’
October 17th at Eglise Saint-Édouard
(425 Rue Beaubien E)

^ 𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐢𝐨

• Fdg. @francescodegallo
• Pierre Guerineau @feu.st.antoine
• Emna Mâaref (+ band: @nikohaded , Habib Bardi, @songevity_ )

Doors at 8:00PM
Music at 8:30PM by @emnamaaref

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Interzone Editions presents: ‘Ama Lel Hawa / أَما لِلهَوى’ — the album launch

A concert featuring Emna Mâaref (+ band), Pierre Guerineau, fdg.

October 17th at Église Saint-Édouard
(425 Rue Beaubien E)

Doors at 8:00PM
Music at 8:30PM
~ 20$ early bird (link in bio)
~ 25$ online
~ 30$ at the door
~ 50$ ticket + a copy of ‘Ama Lel Hawa’ 12"

Artwork by Eva Miette
@eva.miette taken in Église Saint-Édouard de Montréal by @emnamaaref

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𝐀𝐦𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐰𝐚 / أَما لِلهَوى — 𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐲𝐥 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 🪷

Shipping now, and available this week at Montreal record store @aux33tours. Get your copy… records are going fast 🌒

Link in bio for online purchase.

Design by @jesseosbornelanthier
Calligraphy by Jack Montaly

All music composed and performed by Emna Mâaref
Saxophone, Electronics by Habib El Bardi on A5 and B1
Bass by Lounis Adjissa on A4 and B1
Recorded by @radwanghazimoumneh
Mixed and mastered by @jesseosbornelanthier

Vinyl photos by @francescodegallo

Published by Interzone Editions
© 2026 by @emnamaaref

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‘Sounds and Solidarity in support of Gaza’ event, Toronto, oct 1st.

Huge thanks for @suoniperilpopolo & @winchevsky for making this happen again this year.

🤍 taken in Toronto, Canada by @emnamaaref

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Frames from Ama Lel Hawa music video.
Link in bio

Photos by @nik_jewell by @emnamaaref

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| EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW |

With Emna Mâaref • @emnamaaref

The Tunisian Artist
𝑶𝒖𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓 | 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆𝒓 | 𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒓 | 𝑫𝒋

Article written by Chaima L’abidi @labidi_shayma

Composed and performed by Emna Mâaref

Saxophone, Electronics by Habib Bardi on A5 and B1

Bass by Lounis Adjissa on A4 and B1

Recording by Radwan Ghazi Moumneh at hotel2tango

Mixing, mastering & artwork by Jesse Osborne-Lanthier

Calligraphy by Jack Montaly @i.mimic

Photo by @nik_jewell

Published by Interzone Editions @interzone_editions
©️ 2026

©️Designed By sens @vaavart taken in Tunisia, North Africa by @emnamaaref

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‘𝐀𝐦𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐰𝐚’ album premieres on Radio AlHara on Thursday, August 6, 16:00 Bethlehem / 14:00 Tunis / 09:00 Montreal

Composed and performed by Emna Mâaref Recorded by @radwanghazimoumneh at hotel2tango Mixed, mastered, and artwork by @jesseosbornelanthier  Published by @interzone_editions
 Photo by @nik_jewell by @emnamaaref

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A review by @_amelieamelie on Ama lel Hawa in @ledevoir ✨

🔗 in bio by @emnamaaref

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“This was a dream, to record this kind of record. This is what I needed to express certain emotions.”

Read the NicheMTL interview with the Tunisian-Canadian musician @emnamaaref, who speaks with us about longing, displacement, and her newest album, Ama Lel Hawa / أَما لِلهَوى, released via @interzone_editions.

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https://nichemtl.com/2026/08/02/between-two-worlds-in-conversation-with-emna-maaref

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#nichemtl #montrealartist #oud by @emnamaaref

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Late June 2006.

Do you see the little girl holding the oud in this photo? That was me, 20 years ago.

Back then, I was just beginning to discover what music could be, and what it felt like to step onto a stage for the first time.

Life carried me in many directions. I followed a completely different academic path, worked in different fields, walked away, came back, and questioned this dream more times than I can count.
But through it all, one thing never left me: I never stopped dreaming.

Twenty years later, my first solo oud album, is finally here.
Tomorrow, it will be released on all digital platforms, and on vinyl!

Thank you to everyone who has walked this journey with me, thank you حتى عالكلمة الطيبة

💚 by @emnamaaref

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