Fictions presents tobha pt 2 – Palestine Special

From Sabreen’s Song for Childhood and a queer interpretation of Ya Zareef Attoul, to the queer love stories of Bashar Murad and Darbet Shams, dancing in between to some electronic beats from AASAS and rRoxymore or Zenobia, this episode humbly presents a fragment of the rich Palestinian musical culture.Even if it's always a very strange way to justify colonialism—there is actually no way to justify it—, colonialist forces try to make us think that LGBTQI+ individuals are not and cannot be fully part of the Palestinian reality.

To prove them wrong, the show is filled with many songs celebrating queer identities from within the Palestinian society. Many of these tracks are extracted from the album “Singing Sexuality” edited by AlQaws. As a reminder, this year, the Internationalist queer pride will take place in Berlin on July 27th. If you’re able to join protests, this might be the best place for you to be proudly fighting pink-washing that will once again take place during the main pride event in Berlin and in many other places around the world.

Here is the playlist, which only represents a small part of the rich diversity one can find in the Palestinian musical heritage and culture.

Archive of tobha's first Fictions appearance: https://cashmereradio.com/episode/fictions-presents-tobha-the-4-elements-special/