I found Fadwa when I was digging around for a clean recording of Abu Tammam’s السيف أصدق أنباء من الكتب. That was maybe three years ago, but I can’t pin down the exact year. Later, I heard more of her voice through Mamdouh El Gebaly’s work, and I started getting a feel for what old Arabic poetry actually sounded like Mukhariq and Ziryab.