Karim Nagi

Karim captivated the entire school. I’ve never heard as many positive reviews from teachers and students to any act we have booked! Karim was a one-man wonder.

I just wanted to follow up and tell you how much our school community enjoyed Karim Nagi’s performances! I’ve had excellent feedback all around – from administrators, teachers, and students. Karim hit the right tone for each age group and engaged the audiences extremely well. Karim was a true professional. He made the material accessible to our students. I was so pleased to see students approaching him after the show to ask questions! Teachers came up to me to say things like “best ever” and “grand slam” and “couldn’t have been more perfect for our students.” I am so very grateful to Karim and to Young Audiences for giving us this gift of art, music and culture!

Just wanted to express ​how impressed the students and faculty were with Karim’s presentation today. Faculty were giving thumbs up my way before his program had even ended! Karim is a highly skilled performer/educator whose presentation was impeccably engaging for all of our grade levels. His message is one that will thankfully stick with our students for years to come due to his inspiring visit.

'I think I now know not to just look to the news to tell me what is happening around the world. In order to really experience what everyday life is like in places with a “bad reputation,” I should listen to something similar to what we just heard.'

'I learned about the Arab world more. I didn’t really know much about where he came from other than that there were terrorists there.'

'Here in America so many people consider all Muslims to be terrorists. Karim clearly explained that of course not every Muslim is a terrorist and that many Muslims enjoy the same things that we do. I understood what he meant. I really liked hearing him play his instruments.'

'One take away was that there is a lot about the Arab World I didn’t know.'

'I really liked yesterday’s performance. I enjoyed how he played all different kinds of traditional instruments and explained how he played them. I also enjoyed how he would dance as he played the music. He was very interesting and I hope that we can see someone like him again.'

'I took away from the performance that we should try to look at the positive things of other countries and religions because some countries have really cool things that no one really knows.'

Karim did a fantastic job with a large audience, which I know was challenging. Students were engaged and interested and learned a lot! They loved hearing the music and hearing Karim's explanations.

Students all said that they loved Karim's music, the information he shared, and his jokes and sense of humor throughout the performance.