Major Works

Performed by the Berlin Symphony Orchestra. Included in their permanent winter program. Performed in Berlin, Cairo, and Damascus.

Date:

1987

Performed by:

Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra Berlin (RSB) — and the Syrian National Orchestra (Damascus, 2024)

Inspired by the ancient Ugaritic civilization — the first to produce an alphabet.

A large-scale symphonic work, still in manuscript and not yet performed, inspired by the Qur'anic verse on Abraham's call to the pilgrimage.

Poetry by Mohammad Mahdi Al-Jawahiri. Sung by Mayada El-Hennawy with the Cairo Symphony Orchestra. An excerpt from it became the signature theme of the official Syrian television news bulletin for 13 years.

Date:

1980s

Performed by:

Mayada El-Hennawy & the Cairo Symphony Orchestra

Composed secretly in 2015, released after Assad's fall in December 2024.

Date:

2015 (composed) — 2024 (released)

Written and composed 14 years before Assad's fall.