CULTURAL AFFAIRS PRESENTS

The Lab Series
EL KHAT (CA)

Monday, April 13 
Conway Hall 317, TV Studio, 7:30 p.m.

El Khat, led by multi-instrumentalist Eyal El Wahab of Yemeni descent, creates psychedelic electric folk music honoring a culture long disenfranchised. The ensemble combines percussion, strings, and custom-built instruments to produce euphoric, immersive soundscapes. Drawing from 1960s Yemeni folk and pop, El Wahab reinterprets Yemen’s sonic heritage through a contemporary lens, crafting music that is both otherworldly and deeply grounded in the realities of war, displacement, and cultural resilience.

Free admission; tickets are required.