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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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