“Zatoun is Palestine in a bottle”

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Music and poems as well as diary entries featured in the audio documentary Zatoun: a life story, in 4 parts.

 

Part 1: In the beginning

Opening music: Dedication, by DAM. All DAM pieces in the series are from the album "Dedication".
2nd music, (with poem excerpt, We did not weep): Le Trio Joubran. All Joubran pieces are from the album "Randana". We did not weep, from "There Was No Farewell," by Taha Muhammad Ali.
3rd music, (with poem excerpt, Here we shall stay): Trio Joubran. "Here we shall stay," by Tawfiq Zayyad.
4th Music. I have no freedom, DAM. Poem = excerpt from the lyrics: My feet are the roots…. refusing to give up.
Closing music: Trio Joubran.

Part 2: The little project that grew

Opening music: Dedication, DAM
2nd music (with poem excerpt, Even after the murder): Randana, by Joubran. Even after the murder, from "Rosh Hashanah", by Israeli poet Aharon Shabtai
3rd music (with prose excerpt, At times when we feel....): Joubran. Prose excerpt from "Bethlehem Besieged: Stories of Hope in Times of Trouble,” by Palestinian Lutheran pastor Mitri Raheb.
4th music, Stranger in my own country, DAM. Poem = excerpt from the lyrics: I did not betray…on my ancestors’ graves.
Closing music: Trio Joubran.

Part 3: Palestine in a bottle

Opening music: Dedication, by DAM
2nd music: Driver of Fate, DAM. Poem = excerpt from the lyrics: Tell the driver of time….its capital is Equality.
3rd music: (with prose excerpt, Ala dal’una): Trio Joubran. Prose excerpt from the diary of Jabra Ibrahim Jabra.
Closing music: Trio Joubran.

Part 4: This tree is part of us

Opening music: Dedication, DAM
2nd music (with poem excerpt, Our losses are....): Trio Joubran. Our losses are..., from "A State of Siege," by Mahmoud Darwish.
3rd music: Change tomorrow, DAM. Poem = excerpt from the lyrics: The path to equality… then they are beneath you.
4th music: Trio Joubran.
Closing music: Trio Joubran.



Even if you are at war with a city...you must not destroy its trees for the tree of the fields is man's life.

Deut. 20: 19-20

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