Reem Kelani, UK/Palestine: Sprinting Gazelle
As Nazarene Women Crossed the Meadow(Qata'en an-Nasraawiyyaat)
Reem Kelani is a Diaspora Palestinian singer, musician and broadcaster. She was born in Manchester, raised in Kuwait and is now based in London. Her father comes from Ya’bad near Jenin in the West Bank and her mother from Nazareth in Galilee.
In her music, Kelani does not separate the personal from the collective, or the sacred from the secular. Songs of love, harvest, weddings and separation mix freely with songs of praise and meditation. She views her musical journey as both historical and political, personal and collective. She seeks to point out suffering and to highlight celebration. Her journey is a musical one through the written and oral history of a people who are proud of their collective sense of poetry, stories, music and existence.
Mawwaal (Variations on Loss)
[Mahmoud Darwish]
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Palestine,
Reem Kelani