«The Melody and the Poem» with Lena Chamamyan at the Arabian Days Festival

On 13 December 2025, at the third edition of the Arabian Days Festival (Ayyam Al Arabiya), organised by the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre at Manarat Al Saadiyat, poet Dr Mahdi Mansour and singer-songwriter Lena Chamamyan took part in the panel «The Melody and the Poem: Heritage as a Source of Contemporary Creativity», moderated by Rawane Al Helou.

The conversation asked how melody converses with poetry and how heritage continues to inspire artists today, from the sung poem between tradition and renewal to the new generation's relationship with its culture. At the same festival, Chamamyan sang her own setting of Mansour's poem «Hilalun dhaka am jasadi». The festival later shared a series of short videos in which Mansour reflects on the session and the message he hoped to convey.