Saw you at End of The Road festival this weekend – absolutely fantastic – one of the highlights of the whole festival!!

Harmonica - Khelouni N3ich  هارمونيكا - خلوني نعيش

Iza w Law

داري الحال من لسعات قلبُن مال و فاله .. طالع
ساقي الكاس لما يتوب و النديم يخاله .. راجع
سقفه يفوز بالوصال ذا الحبيب يناله .. طامع
طير الدوح ونّ و قال يللي الهوى يطاله .. ضايع

ساقي الكاس لما يتوب و النديم يخاله .. راجع
سقفه يفوز بالوصال ذا الحبيب يناله .. طامع
طير الدوح ونّ و قال غاوي الحرقة ماله .. شافع
طير الدوح ونّ و قال غاوي الحرقة ماله .. شافع

Jazeera 10 - Dari El Hal | جزيرة ١٠ - داري الحال

It Is Funny Like That

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Lyrics in Arabic, English and French below.

Taken from the original soundtrack to the award winning film "As I Open My Eyes/A peine j’ouvre les yeux" by Leyla Bouzid. 

Music composed, arranged and produced by Khyam Allami. Lyrics by Ghassan Amami.

Available worldwide on CD (with 24 page booklet) and download (with digital booklet), including Mastered for iTunes and lossless high-definition 24-bit/96kHz audio files.

All editions feature artwork by Lebanese designer Jana Traboulsi and trilingual booklets with lyrics in Arabic, English and French.

Performed by Joujma, the fictional band created for the film:

Baya Medhaffar as Farah (vocals), Montasser Ayari as Borhene (oud), Deena Abdelwahed as Ines (keys & electronics), and the brothers Marwen Soltana as Sami (bass) and Youssef Soltana as Ska (drums).

Mixed by Khyam Allami. Mastered by Jason Mitchell, Loud Mastering, UK.

NAWA004

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على حلّة عيني

كي نرا الدّنيا عتبه في كل ثنيّه
نعطيها سكره و نْغمّض عينيّا
عادا كل مرّه نشوف بنيّه
ساعات تظهرلي نفس الطُّفْله
في الآخر تطلع موشي هيّا

في مخّي صورتها بدّاله
عين حْبارى وعين مذباله
زرقا سماوي في الضو مخضاره
كحلا شهلا تقحر مزيانه مسراره

على حلّة عيني نشوف ناس محرومه
مالخدمه والقدمة والدنيا برّا الحومه
محقورين مقهورين في الخرا للكرومه
يتنفسوا من تحت الصبّاط

على حلّة عيني نشوف ناس هاجّه
شاقّه خلا البحر، للموت حاجّه
من همّ البلاد الأمخاخ ولاّت خاجّه
تلوّج على همّ جديد غير الّي رات 

على حلّة  عيني نشوف ناس كالحه
في العرق واحلين ودموعهم مالحه
دمهم مسروق وحلمتهم بالحه
على ظهورهم تبنات قصورات

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AS I OPEN MY EYES
When I see this world of closed doors,
I get drunk, and close my eyes.
And every time a girl appears to me.
Sometimes she seems to be the same
But in the end she is another.

In my mind her image is moving.
An eye in blossom and another wilting.
Like a blue sky that turns green in the light.
Dark, hazel, angry, shining, smiling...

As I open my eyes,
I see a people deprived of work, of food 
and a life outside their neighbourhood.
Despised, aggrieved, up to their eyes in problems
They breathe through the soles of their feet.

As I open my eyes,
I see those retreating to exile,
crossing the ocean's immensity,
on a pilgrimage to death.
With the country's troubles,
people lose their minds
looking for new troubles,
different from those they knew.

As I open my eyes,
I see people who are extinguished.
Trapped in their sweat,
and their tears are salty.
Their blood has been stolen
and their dreams have faded,
while castles were built on their backs.

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A PEINE J'OUVRE LES YEUX
Quand je vois ce monde
de portes fermées,
je m'enivre et ferme les yeux.
Alors à chaque fois,
une fille m'apparaît.
Parfois, elle semble être la même,
finalement, c'en est une autre.

Dans mon esprit,
son image est mouvante :
Un œil fleuri et un autre fané,
bleus ciel,
qui virent au vert à la lumière,
noirs, noisettes, colériques,
rayonnants, souriants…

A peine j'ouvre les yeux,
je vois les gens privés
de travail, de bouffe,
et d'une vie hors de leur quartier.
Méprisés, dépités,
dans la merde jusqu'au cou,
ils respirent par leurs semelles.

A peine j'ouvre les yeux,
je vois des gens qui s'exilent,
traversant l'immensité de la mer,
en pèlerinage vers la mort.
De la galère du pays,
les têtes perdent l'esprit,
cherchant une galère nouvelle,
que celles déjà vues.

A peine j'ouvre les yeux,
je vois des gens éteints,
coincés dans la sueur,
leurs larmes sont salées,
leur sang est volé
et leurs rêves délavés.
Sur leur dos,
on construit des châteaux.

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Joujma - ‘Ala Hallet ‘Aini (As I Open My Eyes/A peine j’ouvre les yeux) - Studio Version

طاح راح - نساية

Chant : Yasmine Testouri 
Piano/Melodica : Selim Arjoun
Bass: Wadi Zaatour
Percussion : Amir Dallagi
Mixage Taher Channouf 

طاح راح - نساية

-في اُلأَعماق-

في اُلأعماق روحين
وخيط الشمس بينهن
الموج بغطي ليلهن

في الاعماق قصص بتدور ع طريق
حكي مش منتهي 
والسطح بعيد
بعيد بعيد

نَفَسين
والوقت عدو
عيون في العتمة بِتدوِّر ع نور
كيف ضيعت الطريق 
والسطح بعيد

في المنام
أَسألُ روحي عَنّي
فأراكْ
تَخْطُفُني مِن جَوفِ اُلبِحارْ
في الأعماقِ
 أُغنيٌة
تَخافْ اُلصمتْ
تَخافْ اُلصمت
في مَلقاكْ.


- In the Depth - 

In the depth two souls,
a ray of sunlight between them
waves cover their nights
In the depth stories looking for their way,
unfinished conversations
and the surface is far away.

Two breaths
time is the enemy
eyes in darkness
looking for light
how did you lose the way?
and that surface is far away.

In my dreams
I ask my soul about me
and I see you
Kidnapping me
from the depth of the sea.
In the depth,
There's a song, scared of silence
Scared of silence
In your presence

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Music and Lyrics by Ruba Shamshoum

Ruba Shamshoum - Lead and backing vocals
Orlando Molina - Guitar
Barry Rycraft - Double bass
Matthew Jacobson - Drums
Aleka Potinga - Cello


Recording:
Recorded and mixed at Arad Studio, Dublin, 2016.
Recording Engineer - Leslie Keye
Mastering - Michael Buckley
Produced by Matthew Jacobson and Leslie Keye
Executive Producer - Amir Salameh

Album Design:
Illustrations - Charlotte Shama
Graphic Design - Joanne Shamshoum
Arabic language advisor - Eyad Barghuthy

Shamat

In The Depth

In the Depth | Ruba Shamshoum -  في الاعماق | ربى شمشوم

-فقاعتي-

فقاعتي الجميلة 
احميني من كل سوء
انسيني في الوجود

فقاعتي الجميلة 
احميني من كل سوء
طيريني في الفضاء 
انسيني في الوجود

عبر الجبال 
عبر البحار
خديني في سماك
دعِ اُلهوا ينسج مجراك

في البعدِ ضوءٌ جميل
في البعدِ صوتٌ ينادي
في البعد صوتُ مذيع
وشعرٌ احتجاجي

وأنا أراكِ ولا أرى سواكِ

فقاعتي الجميلة 
احميني من كل سوء
انسيني في الوجود

عبر الجبال 
عبر البحار
خديني في سماك
دعِ اُلهوا ينسج مجراك

في البعدِ ضوءٌ جميل

- Fuqaati (My Bubble)-

My beautiful bubble;
Protect me from any harm x2
Forget me in the existence

My beautiful bubble;
Protect me from any harm x2
Fly me in space
Forget me in the existence
Across the mountains
Across the seas, x2
take me in your skies,

Let the wind sew your path
In the distance, there’s a beautiful light,
In the distance a voice is calling
In the distance the voice of a news anchor
and a protesting poem,

And I see you,
And see nothing but you.
My beautiful bubble;
Protect me from any harm
Forget me in the existence

Across the mountains
Across the seas, x4
take me in your skies,
Let the wind sew your path

In the distance there’s a light.

____________________________

Music and Lyrics by Ruba Shamshoum

Ruba Shamshoum - Lead and backing vocals
Orlando Molina - Guitar
Barry Rycraft - Double bass
Matthew Jacobson - Drums
Aleka Potinga - Cello
Mathew Berrill - Clarinet

Recording:
Recorded and mixed at Arad Studio, Dublin, 2016.
Recording Engineer - Leslie Keye
Mastering - Michael Buckley
Produced by Matthew Jacobson and Leslie Keye
Executive Producer - Amir Salameh

Album Design:
Illustrations - Charlotte Shama
Graphic Design - Joanne Shamshoum
Arabic language advisor - Eyad Barghuthy

Fuqaati

Fuqaati | Ruba Shamshoum -  فُقاعتي | ربى شمشم

Mushtaq, written by Yacoub Abu Ghosh, featuring singer/songwriter Tamer Abu Ghazaleh on the album As Blue as the Rivers of Amman (2011).

The songs and pieces of this project carry deep inspirations from the local and regional Arabic musical heritage mixed with the pulse and the sounds of modern arrangement approaches of the global musical culture form a reflection of the artist's vision on the creative capabilities inherent in the social movement accelerated in the modern Arab city, in its harmonies and disorders. Lyrics are a mix between contemplative look at the Jordanian identity, the country rural nomadic side and the mystic Soufi poetry. This is the 3rd production for Yacoub Abu Ghosh, who is considered one of the pioneers of the alternative music movement in Jordan.

Credits 
Yacoub Abu Ghosh: Composition, Lyrics, Bass, Guitar, Keys | Tamer Abu Ghazaleh: Vocals | Ahmed Barakat: Oud | Tareq Al Jundi: Oud | Ahmad Hisham: Drums | Tareq Abu Kweik: Drums | Nasser Salameh: Percussions | Khaled Yassine:
Percussions | Hamza Arnaout: Guitar | Udai Shawaqfeh: Guitar | Ayman Ibrahim: Guitar | Shadi Khashram: Guitar | David Tadovasyan: Trumpet | Dr. George Assad, Abdulrahman Dukhan, Qusai Abduljabbar, Qais Jumah: Strings | Nabih Boulos: Violin | Aziz Maraka: Piano | Oysten Bru Frantzen: Electric Piano | Yasmine Allami: Hammond Organ | Amro Salah: Synth

Track List
01 Blue Car
02 Mashghoul
03 Senses
04 On the Fly
05 Tal Al Safar
06 Bossa Share3 Al Malfouf
07 Asma
08 Sama3i Sa3eed
09 Mushtaq
10 Sukkar

As Blue as the Rivers of Amman

Mushtaq

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