Al Nakba - music by Ghilan Band

Is music like a spring? Flowing despite the violence? A witness to what is lost? Al Nakba is a performance by the Ghilan Band in which musician brothers Kanaan, Maen, and Mohamad Ghoul travel from their childhood memories in Silwan to the present. The work expresses their connection to the various identities and histories they have inherited and consequently formed, blending the ties to their home, the influence of Andalusian music, and the reality of their Palestinian identity. The music moves from memories of a carefree childhood to the brutality of the present, asking “How can we create music amidst the nightmare? How can the flow of music serve as a witness?”