MK Harb digs into Yemeni-German duo Kabreet’s second album, Bidayat, brimming with songs of heartbreak, intoxication, and gender-questioning
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Triple Threat
Valeriya Nakshun and Franz Afraim Katzir of Sephardic Heritage in D.C. (SHIN-DC) talk to the Haim sisters about the Yemenite-Jewish musical phenomenon that is A-WA
REORIENT Radio - Ibi Ibrahim
For the debut episode of our new podcast series, REORIENT founder and Editor Joobin Bekhrad chats with Berlin-based Yemeni artist Ibi Ibrahim about his new band, Kabreet
Living on the Edge
Caught between his Dutch identity and a passion for Arab culture, Leo Kroonen found solace and salvation in the music of the Yemenite Jews of Israel
Cheikh, Rattle and Roll
A chat with record producer and audiophile Dave Murray about a recent compilation of ‘raw’ tracks from the ‘Golden Age’ of the Moroccan record industry
Fear and Loathing in Sana’a
‘The talented artists have all left, or if they exhibit, they show their best works abroad. No one cares here, and those who do are trapped indoors. Go figure’
Filming on the Fringe
‘Cinema is a tough place to be’ - an interview with Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s first female filmmakers, Haifaa Al Mansour & Khadija Al-Salami
Last of the Dictionary Men
A multimedia exhibition on display at London’s Mosaic Rooms highlighting the little-known story of the Yemeni sailors of South Shields
The Forgotten Queen of Yemen
Arab-American artist Ibi Ibrahim is on a mission to rebel against censorship, battle taboos, and revive the glory of the Yemeni woman of old