Arsh Khaira

www.ArshKhaira.com

Arsh Khaira is a musician and scholar from Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada. He holds a PhD in Music (University of Alberta), MBA (University of Alberta), Master of Arts in Biblical Studies (Concordia University Edmonton), and a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies (Concordia University Edmonton). He has previously taught courses in Marketing, Management, Religious Studies and Music at both the University of Alberta and Concordia University (Edmonton). He has been writing and releasing songs since the mid 90's and has several albums which bear his solo songwriting credit. As a multi-instrumentalist he is accomplished in the guitar, bass, piano, drums, Afghan rubab, and Afghan tabla. He is fluent in several languages including Dari/Farsi, Urdu and Punjabi.

Khaira's scholarly work is likewise multi-faceted in that he specializes in several areas including Biblical Studies as well as Ethnomusicology and Musical Anthropology.

عرش - The Throne of God is the reigning centre of God in the Abrahamic religions and is called Araboth (Hebrew: עֲרָבוֹת‎ ‘ărāḇōṯ) in Judaism and al-'Arsh in Islam.

خير - The word Khair in Arabic refers to goodness and is often included in the common expression : Jazāk Allāhu Khaira(n) (جَزَاكَ ٱللَّٰهُ خَيْرًا‎) meaning "May God reward you [with] goodness."