Spring Tea 2021 is part of the Nature Tea 2021 series. Our Nature Tea 2021 is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC).

About the Artists

Hadi Eldebek and Mohamad Eldebek from The Brooklyn Nomads

The Brooklyn Nomads is a collective of musicians from different cultural and stylistic backgrounds. With roots in Middle Eastern and Arabic music traditions, the group of musicians is exploring songs from different cultures in new ways and creating a listening experience that captures the joy and energy of our live concerts to make connections between different cultures and their people.

Hadi Eldebek is an oudist, singer, and composer based in New York City. Charting and exploring the world of contemporary Arabic music, Hadi has been actively collaborating with programs and projects for Yo-Yo Ma's Silkroad Ensemble, Harvard Graduate School of Education, The Kennedy Center, TED, Disney World Imagineering, and others. He is the active voice of many artists. Check out his TED talk here.

Mohamad Eldebek is a percussionist and neuroscientist in New York. Being deeply steeped into both the art and science worlds, Mohamad is industriously involving in the conversations between art and science, the human minds of creation, and the future of the artists. Check out Circle World Arts he and Hadi Eldebek started to make art more accessible through a network of arts and cultures.

Erika Houle

Erika first encountered Tea as a ceremony when a professor served gongfu tea in one of her undergraduate film classes. The life lessons of Tea continued to sprout in her life until taking root as an intentional practice in 2015. Since then she has studied tea in New York and Taiwan and cultivated Tea community in NYC. She values Tea’s ability to connect us to ourselves, to each other, and to Nature.

Amout Imrana Sayed

Imrana Sayed’s love for the plants and herbs were rooted deeply within the culture and community. As an active member of the Hill Street community Garden in Staten Island, she is always passionate to share her knowledge about plants and herbs growing in the garden with people.