Hadas Bram

Hadas Hamoutal Bram is a scholar, artist, and musician born in Jerusalem.

She holds a B.A. and M.A., both summa cum laude, in Arabic Language and Literature and Musicology, from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her work bridges ethnomusicology, sociolinguistics, philology, critical theory, and comparative religion.

Hadas’s research explores intersections of sound, language, and transcendence in Jewish and Muslim contexts. She is especially interested in Jewish-Muslim interfaith encounters in twentieth-century Iran, Iraq, and Kurdistan, examining how liturgy and sacred sound shape shared and divergent devotional worlds. She also investigates how contemporary digital practices of sacred sound resonate with, reinterpret, or challenge scriptural and classical religious texts.

Hadas is also interested in questions of voice and musicality in religious texts and scripture. She is currently working on two projects tracing voice and emotionality in the Qur’an and its recitation, in both theoretical and practical contexts. She is also interested in the history of prayer practices and prayer books from the Middle East in both Jewish and Muslim contexts.

Beyond academia, Hadas is a Persian Santur player and vocalist. Her practical musical studies serve as a primary research tool for learning diverse traditions and exploring sacred sound. She has studied Iranian, Arabic, and Greek music under international masters since 2018.

As an independent music producer, she brings Jewish and Muslim musical traditions from the Middle East and Central Asia into dialogue with hip-hop and experimental electronics. Hadas produced and released two albums under the stage name Princess Lailah: Chibegum (2022) and JERUSALQUDS (2026), accompanied by several visual artworks. Her music has been performed internationally, including in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Boston, Tokyo, Seoul, Athens, and Paris.