Listen to this audio guide while walking around Mina in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, and let the different stories tell you about the life and history of movement and migration in the port neighbourhood. Begin your walk at the old khan near the municipality building. Produced during a Switch Perspective residency. Audio production by Majd Hamawi.

Migration story walk in Mina

استمع/ي إلى هذا التسجيل وأنت تتمشى/ين في المينا، طرابلس،  في  شمال لبنان. سوف ترافقك في الجولة قصص مختلفة عن حياة وتاريخ السفر والهجرة في هذه المدينة الساحلية. ابدأ/ي الجولة عند الخان القديم، بجانب مبنى البلدية

جولة قصص الهجرة في الميناء

استمع/ي إلى هذا التسجيل وأنت تتمشى/ين في صيدا في جنوب لبنان. سوف ترافقك في الجولة قصص مختلفة عن حياة وتاريخ السفر والهجرة في هذه المدينة الساحلية. ابدأ/ي الجولة عند ميدان النجمة

جولة قصص الهجرة في صيدا

Migration story walk in Saida

Mashallah is honored to bring you a mix from one of our favorite artists: Hello Psychaleppo!  Join him as he mixes together an hour of his favorite jams from throughout the region.  

(Artwork by Hello Psychaleppo)


1. Who are you?

My name is Samer Saem Eldahr a.k.a Hello Psychaleppo; an Arab bass dropper.

2. Who/what are your musical/artistic influences?

Mostly birds.

3. What did you want to do with this mix? 

This playlist is what I've been jamming to recently. I only had an hour limit and so it prevented me from sharing many more great artists! This is just a glimpse into the vibrant Middle Eastern music scene. 


Playlist :
1 - Al Rajul Al Hadidi - Kafila
2 - Zuli - Robotic Handshakes in 4d
3 - E T Y E N - Lobnan Ot'it Sama
4 - Aya Metwalli - Triangle
5 - Zaed Naes - El Ginena (Feat. Maii Waleed)
6 - Abyusif - El Malahy II (Feat. Rasha Magdy)
7 - Malafat - Fi'ran Tagareb
8 - Bu Kolthoum - Wledi
9 - Watar - Yabi (Feat. Nasserdin Al Touffar)
10 - Dakn - Dalall (Prod. Damage)
11 - Muqata'a + Khotta B + Dakn + Riyadiyat - mas'houk Il Ajab
12 - Faragh + Dakn + Haykal - Lahlak (Prod. Muqata'a)
13 - Al Asli - Silni
14 - El Far3i - Ya Wela (Prod. Hello Psychaleppo)
15 - Ayman Mao - Kizan
16 - Alsarah & The Nubatones - Wad Alnuba (Captian Planet Remix)
17 - Sandhill - Yesterday

Mashallah Mix: Hello Psychaleppo

Mashallah Guest Mix #2 comes from Cairo based artist/funkster @BLUFRANK

A bit about BLUFRANK: 

1. Who are you?
i make music .... from Cairo/Egypt 

2. Who/what are your musical/artistic influences?
my life .... mixed with alot of Sci-Fi

3. What did you want to do with this mix? 
something  you can pump while driving

Mashallah Mix: BLUFRANK - Beyond Kuiper Belt

Mashallah is psyched to bring you another hour long mix!  This month we hooked up with Palestinian Producer/DJ @basharsuleiman to bring the beats.  Enjoy!  (Tracklist below)


About Bashar: 

Who are you? 

My name is Bashar Suleiman a.k.a Mosstnqa3 a Palestinian music producer / dj based in Amman , Jordan 

Who/what are your musical/artistic influences? 

Madlib - Quasimoto , Mf Doom , Flying Lotus , welshbab eltaybeh ya3ne 

What did you want to do with this mix? 

Just to share with the people some of the music that i listen to while i'm chillin/smokin/cruisin with the homies

Tracklist: 

1 - Ismail Seleit - Khalda 
2 - mellow nights 
3 - goonf!sh - //gotta_maintain
4 - LعEES - Da2ira / دائرة 
5 - ⱼax - after hours 
6 - Onsy - Freq001 
7 - Bashar Suleiman - GAMED BA$$$$ 
8 - UNDA - Make You Bounce 
9 - Mute Speaker - Skor 
10 - J!n - REDBULL: ORANGE
11 - OMAR FT. ABYUSIF - El 3elba Feeha Eh أغنية "العلبة فيها إيه؟؟ مع عمر (prod. By Abyusif) 
12 - Long Arm - Power Of Rain 
13 - Swag Lee - 2add w 2add
14 - Maloon TheBoom - Sinister Dance 
15 - Tareq Abu Rahmeh - Sea - البحر 
16 - SMASH BEATS - Soup! 
17 - Haykal ..هيْكل ..وَغد -(Prod. Al Nather & im il Razz)أحوم 
18 - Damar - Banadi 3aleek
19 - Mute Speaker - Chapei Dong Veng 
20 - Wild Belle - It's Too Late (Snakehips Remix) + Abyusif - Kalb Mamlaket Bareez 
21 - Sandhill - Screw Infidels! (instrumental)
22 - Flying Lotus - Pet Monster Shotglass
23 - مهرجان الدنيا شمال (instrumental)
24 - Muqata'a - Al Khawarizmiya Al Hissiya (Zygote Remix)
25 - Ra'راء - bdaan il koan بضان الكون
26 - Shlomo Casio - Esmo Eh?


Mashallah Mix: Bashar Suleiman

Musician Maxcim Aldahouk playing oud and refugee children singing along with the lyrics of a famous Aleppo song Qarrasiya, meaning “dried plums”, and other songs at the non-formal learning center Bara’em Al-Mustaqbal set up in the Bekaa Valley by the NGO Sawa for Development and Aid.

Children singing when Maxcim Aldahouk plays oud at Sawa NGO in Lebanon

What started as an idea in the kitchen of a refugee camp in Berlin has now formed friendships and unity, both on and off stage.

Choir of Hope

Tahribat-ı isyan - ghetto machines

Eray Düzgünsoy – Şifalı otlar için postlüdler-2011-iğde

We are publishing our new series called Inner Migration, featuring seven stories on the topic of movement and migration of the mind and soul. For the launch, we organised on Wednesday 24 February an online roundtable with three of the authors, Ibrahim Nehme, Fatima Alhaji and Sarah Khazem, as well as the illustrator of the series, Aude Nasr.

Mashallah News online roundtable: Inner migration series

Mashallah News is an independent online publishing platform for ‘disOriented’ stories from the Middle East. Our goal is to remap the region one story at a time, giving readers a new outlook on life in the cities we cover. The editorial collective is currently based in Beirut, France and New York.

Our soundcloud page is a place where we share some of our favorite music form the region.  

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