Khaled Kurbeh

Ithā Sajā is an ode to dusk, dawn and what’s in between. Or, Ithā Sajā is a collection of piano recordings I made in my Berlin studio wal-Leil [by the night] is inspired by conversations with my friends Hend Alkahwaji and Wejdan Nassif during theatre rehearsals. wal-Leili [by the night II] is an imagined conversation with my friend Raman Khalaf. An homage to the jurjina rhythm found in folk music of northern Iraq and Mesopotamia. In wan-Najmi [by the star], one phrase repeats over and over with …