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Halima is a girl who lives in the Land of the Sun with her mother. But one day it stops raining in the Land of Sun. Halima decides to do something about it. So she embarks on a long and dangerous journey…
Halimas resa is a musical fairytale that is inspired and based of Syrian folktales and it is about a refugee child's journey from her home country to her destination country.
Halimas resa is written by Nikos Kalaitzidis.
Eastern Bias has composed and recorded all of the music for the story.
Anne Kalmering is the narrator for the Swedish translation, originally by Foteini Venetsanos.
Eastern Bias consists of: Moa Danielsson, Soroor Notash, Eleftherios Moutsinas, Shekufeh Pariab, Olympia Tavlaridou.
The Journey of Halima is also available as a narrative performance.
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Participants:
Narrator: Anne Kalmering
Flutes: Olympia Tavlaridou
Song and tar: Soroor Notash
Oud, guitar: Eleftherios Moutsinas
Daf, tonbak, percussion: Shekufeh Pariab
Tapan, percussion: Moa Danielsson
Violin in Halimas sång, Havets sång and Öknens sång: Jimmy Yoler
Violin in Monstrets sång och Regnets sång: Sara Edin
Solens sång Lyrics and music: Soroor Notash
Öknens sång Lyrics: Olympia Tavlaridou, Music: Eleftherios Moutsinas
Kamelrytmen Music: Moa Danielsson
Båtrytmen Music: Shekufeh Pariab
Havets sång Lyrics and music: Olympia Tavlaridou
Åsneresan Music: Shekufeh Pariab
Monstrets sång Music: Olympia Tavlaridou
Regnets sång Lyrics and music: Moa Danielsson
Halimas sång Lyrics: Soroor Notash, Music: Soroor Notash och Eleftherios Moutsinas
Idea and produktion: Olympia Tavlaridou
Published by: This is not an owl 2023.
Recording, sound mixing and mastering: Martin Ekman
Illustrations: George Doutsiopoulos
Halima's journey was recorded in Riksteatern's recording studio in Hallunda.
Halima's journey received financial support from the Kulturrådets Fonogramstöd and Musikverket’s project support financed a big part of the project. The project also received support from Region Stockholm.
Contact
Press och contact: easternbias.theband(a)gmail.com
