Tarek Atoui continues his long-term research trajectory with The Sahara Chapter, a three-year research project commissioned by Hartwig Art Foundation. The Sahara Chapter forms part of Atoui’s broader research and exhibition project At-Tāriq (2022–ongoing) and was launched in 2025 with a sold-out concert at De Balie, Amsterdam. 

At the Thomaskerk, a Protestant church in Amsterdam Zuid with an active artistic programme, Atoui reiterates a central principle of his practice: music as a hospitable space. For this one-time concert, he invites members of the Amsterdam Andalusian Orchestra and Naghib Shanbehzadeh, who brings the percussive traditions of Southern Iran. The concert engages in a dialogue between traditional musical forms and Atoui's experimental electronic compositions. The church becomes a setting shaped by cultural exchange.