Breath of Revolutions – Music, Poetry and Protest

Palestine 1 - Track List2 Tracks - by Al Funoun - فرقة الفنون الشعبية الفلسطينيFeatured Album – Ishraq Remberances, by Sana Moussa2 Tracks - Ramallah UndergroundTrack - Abou Arab - ابو عربTrack - Lara el Ayyan6 Tracks - Ramallah UndergroundFeatured Album - Ya Zareef, by Al Funoun - فرقة الفنون الشعبية الفلسطينيIMAGE BY MOHAMMAD SABANEH

Palestine 3 - Track List2 Tracks - Sabreen2 Tracks - Kamilya Joubran1 Track – Abdallah HaddadFeatured Album – Sprinting Gazelle, by Reem KelaniTrack – Yalalan فرقة يلالان and Iskandrila فرقة اسكندريلا (Egypt)2 Tracks – George Cormuz - جورج قرمزFeatured Album - Music of the Palestinian Intifada, 1989IMAGE BY MOHAMMAD SABAANEH

Palestine 2 - Track List1 Track ناي البرغوثي – Nai el Barghouti1 Track تريز سليمان – Terez Sliman3 Tracks فرقة العاشقين – El AshiqeenFeatured Album – Mirrors of My Soul by Rim Banna7 Tracks – Katibe Khamse كتيبة خمسة – Featuring Naissam Jalal, Ishtiya7, Maqdessi, and Mehdi AmelFeatured Album – In the Shade of the Words, by Le Trio Joubran and Mahmoud DarwishIMAGE BY MOHAMMAD SABAANEH

Lebanon 2 - Track List4 Tracks – Youmna Saba – Musician and Sound Artist1 Track – Ghorba2 غرباء – Hip Hop group from Akkar - song for the Lebanese uprising3 Tracks – Nahawand (نهاوند (مغنية – Track 1 with the Garcia Lorca Band, Spain3 Tracks – Khaled el Haber خالد الهبر3 Tracks by Ghada Shbeir – Track 1 and 3 by Sayed Darwish, Track 2 – song for the Nai4 Tracks by Ziad Rahbani, with Joseph Sakr2 Tracks by Nidaa Abou Mrad and Mohamad Said el Shami محمد سعيد الشامي Sufi Maqams, from Invocation of Layla album5 Tracks by Mashrou3 Leila مشروع ليلى2 Tracks by Omeima Khalil4 Tracks by Rayess Bek – Track 2 with Nassereddine el Toufar بو ناصر الطفّار and Munma مونما

Egypt Episode 1 - Track List4 Tracks by Dina Al Wedidi دينا الوديدي – Track 1 with Ghalia Bin Ali (Tunisia) & Track 3 with Maryam Saleh2 Poems by Amal Dunqul أمل دنقل – The Last Words of Spartacus كلمات سبارتكوس الأخيرة: Movement 1 and 2 (Translation: www.jadaliyya.com/Details/26934) & Who Can Stop the Mills in my Head آه من يوقف في رأسي الطواحين5 Tracks by Dina Al Wedidi دينا الوديدي5 Tracks by Mohammad Hammam محمد حمام3 Tracks by Salwa Abu Ghreishسلوى أبو جريشة – Track 3 is an Oum Kalthoum song written by El Hadi Adam El Hadi الهادي آدم الهادي (Sudan)1 Track by Momen Rihan مؤمن ريحان2 Tracks by MC Hook1 Track by Shorbet Rassas شوربة رصاص2 Tracks by Mohamad Farag محمد فرج - 2 Simsimyeh سمسمية songs for the Suez victory of 19565 Tracks by Azza Balbaa عزه بلبع, El Sheikh Imam الشيخ امام, and Ahmad Fouad Najm أحمد فؤاد نجم‎IMAGE BY MOHAMMAD SABAANEH

Egypt 2 – Track List3 Tracks by Fathy Salama فتحي سلامة – Track 2 with Gamalat Shiha جمالات شيحة, Track 3 with Ahmed Abdul Wahhab on kamanja, أحمد عبدالوهاب, Track 4 with Karima Nayt كريمة نايت (Algeria)4 Tracks by Aragid Ensemble for Nubian Heritage فرقة أراجيد للتراث النوبى2 Tracks by Gamalat Shiha جمالات شيحة9 Tracks by Ramy Essam – Track 2 (ya Bal7a) is a critique of Sisi’s governance for which the composer and video makers were imprisoned inside an American backed prison, one of whom, Shadi Habash lost his life. Track 5 is for the Syrian Revolution. Track 7 is for the martyrs of Port Said. Track 8 (Age of the Pimp) became famous in the Arab world because most of our leaders are capitalist, imperialists who sell their people for the fattest pocket they can fill, while true revolutionaries get subjugated... long live revolution (Track 6 )5 Tracks by Donia Massoud دنيا مسعود2 Tracks by Children of the Land فرقة اولاد الارض1 Track – Poem entitled The Complete Letters of Usta Hiragi the Cat جوابات الاسطى حراجى القط كاملة by Abdul Rahman Al Abanoudie عبد الرحمن الأبنودى3 Tracks from Revolution Records – Temraz, Shehab Edean, C-Zar, Ahmed Rock, Rooney Hood Star4 Tracks by Sheikh Imam الشيخ امام with Ahamd Fouad Najm أحمد فؤاد نجمIMAGE BY MOHAMMAD SABAANEH

Algeria Episode 1 – Track ListLa Bataille d’Alger - Donquishoot ft DiazFfegh ay ajrad tamurt-iw - Slimane AzzemSid el Hakem - Cheikha El WachmaEl Menfi - Akli YahyatenDjazair - Cheikha Rimitti“La gueule du loup" - Zik Zitoun - This poem, written by Kateb Yacine, is about the Paris massacre of 17th October 1961, in which the Parisian police attacked Algerians and other protesting against French colonialism, killing some by throwing them into the Seine River.Min Djibalina - Mohamed el Hadi CheriEl Hamdoulilah - Mohamed El Anka - This track is a celebration of the end of French colonialism.Tinde Final - Lalla Badi & TinariwenIdi Yanni Douhna - Lalla Badi ft ImzadTirga n Temzi - Malika DomraneNedal - Karima NaytBania - Hasna El BechariaAïcha Bouzar - a moudjahida in the War of Independence, excerpt from the documentary "Femmes d'Alger" (1992) by Kamel Dehane.Diri Latay Ya Zina - Cheikha RabiaAsaru - Malika DomraneMa Dierae Kalbi - Fadela DziriaHakmet lakdar - Hasna El BechariaEl khir m'raa - Cheikha RimittiAlgerie, mon beau pays - Slimane Azem - The voice you hear in this track is Slimane Azem’s brother, Boudjema Azem, who is translating this song of exile. This is an excerpt from the documentary, “Slimane Azem, une légende de l'exil” (2011) by Rachid Merabet.Al gorva Touar - HasnaouiAlger Alger - Line MontyBahdja Beida - Dahmane El HarrachiDesole - Carte de Sejour - Carte de Sejour is a rock band from the 80s. In the song Desole, Rachid Taha sings about racism in France, and more specifically recounts the story of an immigrant’s request for accommodation being rejected because he is not French.Wahrane Wahrane - Ahmed WahbyL’Algerien – Mounsi - Poem performed in 1976, by French Algerian singer and novelist Mounsi.Ya Rayah - Dahmane El HarrachiWahran El Bahia - Blond BlondCarte De Residence - Slimane AzemExcerpt from documentary “Alger, la Mecque des révolutionnaires” (2016) by Mohammed Ben Slama.L’Internationale Socialiste - Darija lyrics by Kateb Yacine, singer is unknown.Chanson sur Palestine - DebzaYasser Arafat - speaking about Algeria, excerpt from the documentary “Alger, la Mecque des révolutionnaires” (2016) by Mohammed Ben Slama.Che Guevara - Mohamed LamariSpeech by Fidel Castro in 1972 – excerpt from documentary "Y el cielo fue tomado por asalto - Argelia" (1973) by Santiago Alvarez.Ana Hourra fi El Jazair - Miriam Makeba - This track is a live performance at the Pan-African Festival of Algiers in 1969.IMAGE BY MOHAMMAD SABAANEHResearch and Production: Yasmin Ibrahimi and Rose Nakad

Algeria Episode 2 – Track ListSoixante Trois – Tinariwen - This track makes reference to the first Tuareg Rebellion in 1963 - “’63 has gone, but will return. Those days have left their traces”Words by Ousmane Ag Mossa, lead singer of Tamikrest (2019)Tisnant an Chatma - TamikrestTiniri - TikoubaouineWords by Kateb Yacine – excerpt from documentary, “Kateb Yacine - Poète en trois langue” (2001) by Stéphane Gatti.Le Combat Continue - TiwizaAlgérie le conte de fées - HammaRegard sur l'histoire d'un pays damné (2e partie) - Matoub Lounes3lem Edzayer - Rabah DonquishootIminig G-Gid - Lounis Ait MenguelletTaghrivt - TharaEkker D a Yelli - Messaoud Nedjahi, cover by Sarah and IsmaelDegout’age - TiwizaTête à tête avec Baghdad - Gnawa DiffusionIl etait une fois l'Algérie - IntikVoice of Habiba Djahnine - speaking about her sister Nabila Djahnine, feminist, unionist and president of the association “Thighri N'tmettouth," murdered in 1995 by religious fundamentalists. Excerpt from documentary, “Avant de Franchir la ligne d'horizon by Habiba Djahnine” (2011). Habiba Djahnine also made a documentary about Nabila called “Lettre à ma soeur” available on Youtube.Les Disparus - Intik - translates to “The Disappeared”, referring to the people that were disappeared in the 1990s.Galou Hani Met - Cheb Hasni - Cheb Hasni was a rai singer from Oran, who was one of the many assassinated during this decade.Monsieur Le President - Matoub Lounes - This track is a live performance in 1998, Matoub Lounes’ last performance before his assassination in June 1998.Amazigh Kateb, son of Kateb Yacine, speaking of music as a means of representing the true history of a people at the 2009 Cultural Pan Africain Festival in Algiers. This is an excerpt from “Kateb Yacine, paroles contre l’oubli” by Hadj Fitas, available on Youtube.Vghan Warrac - Idir - The title translates to ‘The children want’, in which Idir addresses the Algerian government.Elo Bandia, Ouled Lahram - BaazizDeltna - MBS (Micro Brise le Silence)Complices - Gnawa DiffusionOuaili - BaazizTaɛkemt n Tegrawla - Matoub LounesNabila Djahnine – feminist and unionist speaking about Algerian women, their activism, and the silence from the government, as well as other ‘so-called democrat’ parties. Excerpt from the documentary “Lettre à ma soeur” (2006) by Habiba Djahnine.نسال - Toute Fine - Zoulikha Tahar, an Algerian slam poet from Oran.Nouar - Cheikha Rimittiسماه - Toute FineAlgérienne - Toute FineSamidoun (Résistance) - Chibane and TikoubaouineLa Casa del Mouradia - Ouled El Bahdja - This song is one of the many USMA soccer team chants for freedomChanson Chaabi pour le Hirak / أغنية شعبي للحراك الجزائري - Mohamed KechachaEddar Dari - Bandia Social ClubRoho - Gnawa Diffusion - This song was written in 2019, during the Hirak.Dona Victoria - Raja MezianeSystème dégage – ChibaneIMAGE BY MOHAMMAD SABAANEH