Radio-Choreography: It’s Not What It Sounds Like

At the live radio event, we will broadcast songs that have been passed down through generations of women as a means of conveying subversive messages – songs of love, pain, and protest. The program will host Yusra Abu Kaf, an artist and filmmaker from the village of Umm Batin. Abu Kaf’s work explores Bedouin women’s singing practices, which convey messages of resistance to violence against women under the guise of love songs and dance movements. In addition, we will listen to blessing songs carrying political messages in Judeo-Arabic, recorded in Morocco by Dr. Vanessa Paloma Elbaz of the University of Cambridge, taken from Netta Weiser’s exhibition, along with additional materials.
The event takes place at the Mamuta sound studio (Gedalyahu Alon 14, Jerusalem) and will be broadcast live on “Radio Musrara”

Listen on: https://www.radiomusrara.com

Image: Yusra Abu Kaf