بين نهرين

sonic hallucinations in a dutch church

take me back to baghdad during mughrib

we step into a taxi and I’m transported back

to marwan’s car

driven by a suicidal prosthesis

to khaled’s internal conflict

god is in his voice

they ring in many bells

eloi, eloi, lama sabachthani?

and let them drain our veins?

all that remains here now are our songs

and a plastic misbaha

and hair gel to hold us together

in toronto they give our drums a stage

far away from those who clap

some men take refuge in the valley

and others in the dungeons

to chant away their thirst

and those who were once in the mountains

dream of liberation in far away lands

Tracklist:

حفل زفاف سجاد الشويلي زهير العطواني و علي العطواني Shall Ilah & Ana Sina Kacha from Healing Rhythms, Episode 3: The Moneka's Journey from Mombasa to Basra to Toronto سيد الحب /ملا مجتبى الكعبي /كلمات سيد حيدر الصافي Şivan Perwer - Keça Kurdan