Traditional Qatari Songs
Spring Grants 2020 - Production Stage
Aisha Al-Jaidah / Web Series / Qatar / 4 min / Original Language: Arabic / Interests: Animation, Music, Children
Synopsis
English kids’ songs these days are everywhere, and our kids know them by heart and sing them on every occasion. Everyone knows “Baby Shark” and “Five Little Monkeys”. They went viral online with their animated, colourful style. The traditional kid’s songs in Qatar are fading away by time, and that’s where our project comes in to keep these songs in mind, with new beats that appeal to modern kids and using the same colourful animation they adore and love.
Credits
- Director
- Aisha Al-Jaidah
- Screenwriter
- Aisha Al-Jaidah
- Producer
- Aisha Al-Jaidah, Khouloud Al Ali
About the Director
Aisha Al-Jaidah’s professional animation career began in 2010 at Al Jazeera Children’s Channel as a senior animation producer, where she animated the first animated children’s series by a local in Qatar. Supported by a scholarship from the Supreme Education Council of Qatar, she was the first Qatari citizen to earn a BA Hons in Illustration & Animation from Kingston University London. Motivated by this achievement, Aisha Al-Jaidah established her own animation company, Blue Penguin Animation, to showcase Qatari creativity and inspiration.