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00:00:00Hello. I'm Zia. This is Toby. I'm just going to do some, yeah, a few poems with improvisation.
00:00:30I'm just going to do a few poems with improvisation.
00:01:00Mango. Mango write something. I'm white mango. I don't know. Maybe this needs a symbol to represent the exotic.
00:01:26Something like a mango. Mango into bar and bar mango. Why the long mango?
00:01:43Snapple. Which races do you want on your banknote? They give you the default sitar solo.
00:02:03AKA Indian banjo. Election time. I've got a hang load. This guy's telling me to go back home.
00:02:20Type NW2. What does your satnav show? Are you indigenous though? Are you indigenous though?
00:02:37If not, you better be vigilant bro. Or what? I think that I'm invisible. No. I think that I'm a mythical creature.
00:02:52Working class black. Working class brown. We don't seem to have any worth in them towns.
00:03:02I know in the old days everything was okay. I saw it in a documentary called Mary Poppins.
00:03:18Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious mango.
00:03:31Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious mango.
00:03:41Mr. Englishman, which part of England do you grow them leaves?
00:04:10That make your famous English breakfast tea. English like a cheeky Nando's.
00:04:21English like cutting through your country as if it were a mango.
00:04:31When it comes to hear us, people in Powago seem to cut their ear off.
00:04:39Like Van Gogh. Or Van Gogh.
00:04:47Power corrupts. You already killed Duncan. You might as well kill Banquo.
00:04:56Scaramouche. Scaramouche. Will you do the fandango? Are you gonna bang? Are you gonna bang? No.
00:05:11Islamism is the new communism shit.
00:05:19Time to reboot Rambo.
00:05:22The skies are great. Today they won't have drones. Today they still have homes.
00:05:37Nah. I need to have a word with the Espiritu Santo.
00:05:44Because the meaning of life's got to be more than a series of portmanteaus. Jabberwocky. Never straight. Negroi. Blanco.
00:05:54I hold the baby in my arms. It don't weigh much more than a box of mangoes.
00:06:02I smile. I have love. I have life. I have hope. And I will fight for days and nights that taste sweeter than.
00:07:02I'm running. Running like thoughts. Running from thoughts. Rattling from the constant battling.
00:07:31Broken pieces. Floating tokens. Token gestures. Token Chester. Open sesame.
00:07:46Alibaba. Forty thieves. Forty grievances. Nothing to pledge allegiance with. Trapped in a box. Ballerina chopped off. Replaced with Bungra man.
00:08:04Dance monkey dance. To the music of the snake charmer.
00:08:35I am Kama. I am Kama Sutra. I am Nito Hone Hone Hoye Muntihar. Muntihar to bachke rahi.
00:08:59I am a gap year. They said they were lost. I hope they found themselves.
00:09:07I am slum dog. Millionaire. Downward dog. Eight headed god. I am Shiva. Al Qaeda. I am auditioning for the role of terrorist one. Yeah. I can do that in an Arabic accent.
00:09:24I am Ganges. I am Gandhi. I am Chinna. I am five pillars. I am sinner. I am cinnamon. I am cardamom. I am not invited to the houses of parliament.
00:09:38I am Sharif. Don't like it. Rock the casbah. Stop the fatwa. Allahu akbar. Allahu akbar. La ilaha illallah. I am England. I am England shirt made in Bangladesh.
00:09:52I am Brick Lane. I am curry house to the year 2005. I am Rogan Josh. I am so damn lost. I am so damn lost.
00:10:09I am just looking for a shape that's home. Looking for a place that's home.
00:10:23Mera jhoota hai Japani. Home is where your heart is.
00:10:33Yeh padloon Inglistani. Now home is where your heart lives.
00:10:41Sar pehlaal toh pirusi. Now home is where your ass fits.
00:10:50Fir bhi dil hai.
00:10:56Fir bhi dil hai.
00:11:52Issa me pehlaa ghaani shaan. Hare ranka.
00:12:03Who owns this land? There is a green mark on it.
00:12:13Mi kasa esu kasa. Says the man who stole your land.
00:12:22Mi kasa esu kasa. Says the man who sold your land.
00:12:30Is this tattoo henna or ink? Does it fade?
00:12:37Who remembers all of the patterns we made?
00:12:43Let's not talk about race. Let's not talk about class.
00:12:51Let's not talk about faith. Let's not talk about caste.
00:13:00The motherland. The fatherland.
00:13:06The tick box of a land. The farmer's land.
00:13:14His mouth is a crack from the drought that attacked.
00:13:21Blood is thicker than water. Oil is thicker than blood.
00:13:33Water is quicker than mouth. And when you get hit with a flood,
00:13:40you'll get caught in the mud and you won't be able to run.
00:13:52Does the ice stick to the land?
00:13:59Does the ice stick to the land?
00:14:05Does the ice stick to the land?
00:14:11Does the ice stick to the land?
00:14:18Does the ice stitch itself back together?
00:14:24Does the forest stitch itself back together?
00:14:30Does the earth stitch itself back together?
00:14:36Do people stitch themselves back together?
00:14:42A hundred degrees turning to hunger and grief.
00:14:50What's the world going to look like from under the sea?
00:14:57Higher and higher, water and fire.
00:15:04Higher and higher, water and fire.
00:15:11Higher and higher, water and fire.
00:15:21How did it get so deep?
00:15:26How did we fall so deep?
00:15:31Higher and higher, water and fire.
00:15:38Higher and higher, water and fire.
00:15:46Higher and higher, water and fire.
00:15:52Higher and higher, water and fire.
00:16:22So this is a track that I've done with Tawfiq's band, Leverhead.
00:16:35It features words from Palestinian poets,
00:16:42Noor Hindi and Mohammed Darwish.
00:16:46And then we've contributed a couple lines,
00:16:49and we just made a collage through the words.
00:16:55It came out a few weeks ago,
00:17:00and all the funds go to the Defendant Solidarity Network,
00:17:04which is a grassroots group supporting activists
00:17:08taking direct action against the Israeli war machine in the UK
00:17:13and to the youth of Samud,
00:17:15a Palestinian group resisting settlement expansion in the West Bank.
00:17:39Colonizers write about flowers.
00:17:43I've told you about children throwing rocks at Israeli tanks
00:17:48seconds before becoming daisies.
00:17:52If they ask you about Gaza,
00:17:56tell them in Gaza there is a martyr,
00:18:00aided by a martyr,
00:18:03photographed by a martyr,
00:18:06while another martyr bids them goodbye,
00:18:09and another joins in his burial prayers.
00:18:15How do you sleep at night?
00:18:19While you wreak a death?
00:18:22They teach us life.
00:18:25Ten thousand camera phones, not one forgiving angle.
00:18:30Some things you can't unsee.
00:18:33This is your legacy.
00:18:35Colonizers, fascists, terrorists.
00:18:41You made your beds in homes of those you dispossessed,
00:18:46and for that you will never find rest.
00:18:51You made your bed in homes of those you dispossessed,
00:18:56and for that you will never find rest.
00:19:05This is your legacy.
00:19:35This is your legacy.
00:20:05When I die, I promise to haunt you forever.
00:20:21One day we'll write about the flowers like we own them.
00:20:27When I die, I promise to haunt you forever.
00:20:35When I die, I promise to haunt you forever.
00:20:41The sound of drones won't drown out hope.
00:20:47The sound of drones won't drown out hope.
00:20:53The sound of drones won't drown out hope.
00:20:57The sound of drones won't drown out hope.
00:21:27The sound of drones won't drown out hope.
00:21:31The sound of drones won't drown out hope.
00:21:35The sound of drones won't drown out hope.
00:21:39The sound of drones won't drown out hope.
00:21:43The sound of drones won't drown out hope.
00:21:47The sound of drones won't drown out hope.
00:21:51The sound of drones won't drown out hope.
00:21:54The sound of drones won't drown out hope.
00:22:10From the river to the sea,
00:22:15Palestine will be free.
00:22:19From the river to the sea,
00:22:22Palestine will be free.
00:22:26From the river to the sea,
00:22:31Palestine will be free.
00:38:59Thank you very much.
00:39:00I promised Fred I won't talk a lot today.
00:39:10So difficult.
00:39:14The next one is also another original composition.
00:39:17Well, to be fair, from the musician amongst you,
00:39:20about the last piece, it also changed into 7-8s.
00:39:24So there was a bit of 10s, a bit of 7s.
00:39:25Why not? The next one is actually called 7s,
00:39:29and it's all in 7s.
00:39:317-8s. And it's an original composition as well.
00:39:37Can everyone hear okay at the back?
00:39:40Yeah? Okay.
00:39:41Is everyone happy?
00:39:42Is it too hot, or is it okay?
00:39:45Okay. Good.
00:39:47It's kind of melting here, so thank you very much.
00:39:52So we'll play you 7s.
00:47:17Thank you very much.
00:47:27Yeah? The next one is going to be a song,
00:47:31and the origins of this song is from Lebanon this time.
00:47:38Originally sung by Fayrouz, if anyone knows her,
00:47:43she's one of the biggest Arabic star singers, basically.
00:47:49Her nickname is our ambassador to the stars, which is amazing.
00:47:54And she is, to be honest.
00:47:55This is Yatair, which means, oh, bird.
00:47:59And she's basically asking the bird to send peace and love
00:48:02to her beloved ones that she cannot reach.
00:48:05When did that come here?
00:48:11No, no, it's perfect.
00:48:14All good.
00:48:42Spent the year asking for summer in London, and when it comes,
00:48:46I'm like, oh, man.
00:48:54Say again?
00:48:59Yeah. I don't know if to be happy or sad about that, actually.
00:49:06I am burning calories, which is great.
00:51:42I'm burning calories, which is great.
00:51:44I'm burning calories, which is great.
00:51:46I'm burning calories, which is great.
00:51:48I'm burning calories, which is great.
00:51:50I'm burning calories, which is great.
00:51:52I'm burning calories, which is great.
00:51:54I'm burning calories, which is great.
00:51:56I'm burning calories, which is great.
00:51:58I'm burning calories, which is great.
00:52:00I'm burning calories, which is great.
00:52:02I'm burning calories, which is great.
00:52:04I'm burning calories, which is great.
00:52:06I'm burning calories, which is great.
00:52:08I'm burning calories, which is great.
00:52:11I'm burning calories, which is great.
00:52:13Thanks for listening.
00:52:15See you next year.
00:52:17Ya tayyir, ya tayyir ala tarafe el dini
00:52:24Law feek tahki lil habaib shu bini
00:52:30Ya tayyir, ya tayyir
00:52:47Ya tayyir, wa aakhid maak lawn el shajar
00:53:00Maa ajfeek ila alnatra wa aldhajar
00:53:08Binotor bi'ayil el shams a'ardi el hajar
00:53:14Wa lilabba kawee lifraa itthidni
00:53:21Ya tayyir, ya tayyir
00:53:31Ya tayyir ala tarafe el dini
00:53:36Law feek tahki lil habaib shu bini
00:53:41Ya tayyir, ya tayyir
00:54:06Thank you. Thank you very much.
00:54:24Okay, the next one is another original.
00:54:29And I think I composed this one in March,
00:54:34which is more or less five months into the war.
00:54:39And it's called Voices from Gaza.
00:54:42This is to everyone who was lost in the war
00:54:47and everyone who's still there.
00:54:49And hopefully it will manifest into something good.
00:54:52Voices from Gaza.
00:54:58Voices from Gaza
00:55:29Voices from Gaza
00:55:45Voices from Gaza
00:55:58Voices from Gaza
00:56:07Voices from Gaza
00:56:17Voices from Gaza
00:56:28Voices from Gaza
00:56:38Voices from Gaza
00:56:58Voices from Gaza
00:57:11Voices from Gaza
00:57:28Voices from Gaza
00:57:43Voices from Gaza
00:57:58Voices from Gaza
00:58:20Thank you very much.
00:58:22Thanks, Fred.
00:58:28The next one is another original.
00:58:31And it's called Bashir.
00:58:34I composed this maybe three, four years ago.
00:58:40And it is a homage to my guru who is in Palestine.
00:58:43He's basically a percussionist.
00:58:45And he likes, if you haven't noticed on me,
00:58:49he likes to jump from one rhythm to another
00:58:52and change time signatures all the time.
00:58:54Even when he talks, he doesn't talk in a straight line.
00:58:57He gives you the beginning, and then the end, and then the middle,
00:58:59and then three quarters, and then, you know,
00:59:01until at the end you get the whole idea.
00:59:03Yeah.
00:59:05So this is Bashir.
00:59:08After him, and it's kind of a sonic image of him.
00:59:27Bashir
00:59:57Bashir
01:00:27Bashir
01:00:57Bashir
01:01:27Bashir
01:01:57Bashir
01:02:10Bashir
01:02:27Bashir
01:02:42Bashir
01:02:57Bashir
01:03:07Bashir
01:03:17Bashir
01:03:27Bashir
01:03:41Bashir
01:03:57Bashir
01:04:09Bashir
01:04:40I just remembered seeing a red light on the camera.
01:04:43And Olivier told me that we have about 60, 70 people watching us online.
01:04:47So good evening to everyone watching us online.
01:04:50Yes, please. They do deserve a round of applause.
01:04:54Yeah.
01:04:59And I would just like to mention that all the money made tonight,
01:05:06to be honest, it was the brilliant idea of Fred,
01:05:09who just got in touch with me and said,
01:05:11hey man, how about we do a fundraiser for Gaza
01:05:14and try to support an organization that helps Palestinians.
01:05:19And we chose ELSC, which is European Legal Support Center,
01:05:23that defends and empowers advocates for Palestinian rights
01:05:27across Europe and Britain through legal means.
01:05:31This is one of the venues that we can help in,
01:05:34and we are very proud to.
01:05:37And thank you for your generosity and for being here.
01:05:40I just wanted to mention that that's what we are doing tonight, basically.
01:05:46The next one is going to be a song.
01:05:51Again, ten eights.
01:05:56Ten eights is called Sama'i Thaqeel, the rhythm.
01:06:00It sounds like this.
01:06:05Nine, ten, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
01:06:13And this is Lama Bada Yata Thanna, for those of you who know it.
01:06:16If you know the lyrics, you should be saying it in Arabic,
01:06:18but still, if you know the lyrics, sing along.
01:06:42Sama'i Thaqeel
01:07:12Sama'i Thaqeel
01:07:42Sama'i Thaqeel
01:08:12Sama'i Thaqeel
01:08:42Sama'i Thaqeel
01:08:47Sama'i Thaqeel
01:08:52Sama'i Thaqeel
01:08:57Sama'i Thaqeel
01:09:02Sama'i Thaqeel
01:09:07Sama'i Thaqeel
01:09:12Sama'i Thaqeel
01:09:17Sama'i Thaqeel
01:09:22Sama'i Thaqeel
01:09:27Sama'i Thaqeel
01:09:32Sama'i Thaqeel
01:09:37Sama'i Thaqeel
01:09:42Sama'i Thaqeel
01:09:47Sama'i Thaqeel
01:09:52Sama'i Thaqeel
01:09:57Sama'i Thaqeel
01:10:02Sama'i Thaqeel
01:10:07Sama'i Thaqeel
01:10:12Sama'i Thaqeel
01:10:17Sama'i Thaqeel
01:10:22Aman, Aman
01:10:25Aman, Aman
01:10:28Aman, Aman
01:11:16Give him a round of applause.
01:11:21Thank you so much for supporting us with such a beautiful, beautiful art.
01:11:28Thank you SANS Film Studios, Olivier, Stuart and Ted.
01:11:33Thank you so very much for tonight. Thank you.
01:11:41Sister Midnight, Sophie and Lenny for organizing and taking care of everything and taking care of us.
01:11:47Thank you so much for your support and help.
01:11:54Thank you all for being here physically and if not, online.
01:12:00It's a tremendous cause and hopefully things will get better soon.
01:12:06Thank you Fred Thomas on bass.
01:12:16I want to say that as a beginner in this music, it's such an amazing thing to have someone like Saeed be a mentor to me, to teach me music.
01:12:26And really it's like, I'm just blown away by it.
01:12:29So, Saeed Sill.
01:12:33Thank you very much.
01:12:39We'll play you a piece by the amazing musician and composer, originally Syrian if I'm not mistaken, Farid Al-Atrash.
01:12:48This piece is called Tuta.
01:12:51Stuart, this is instrumental again.
01:12:56TUTA
01:13:26TUTA
01:13:56TUTA
01:14:26TUTA
01:14:56TUTA
01:15:26TUTA
01:15:56TUTA
01:16:26TUTA
01:16:56TUTA
01:17:26TUTA
01:17:56TUTA
01:18:14TUTA
01:18:27TUTA
01:18:31TUTA
01:18:35TUTA
01:18:52TUTA
01:19:05TUTA
01:19:28Want to hear one more tune?
01:19:29Yeah.
01:19:30Yeah?
01:19:31Yeah.
01:19:32Encore!
01:19:33Encore!
01:19:34Okay, one more.
01:19:35Let's do one more.
01:19:37We need that as a surprise for them.
01:19:40Okay, we'll do one more for you.
01:19:46Okay, so, this one is from Egypt this time.
01:19:50Ayatari.
01:19:51Ayatari.
01:19:57Sheikh Imam and Mohammad Fouad Najm, basically two troublemakers who spent most of their life in prison because they were so outspoken against the regime.
01:20:12Mohammad Fouad Najm is the poet and Sheikh Imam is the singer.
01:20:18This is...
01:20:21which means build your palaces on our farms.
01:20:47Ayatari
01:21:17Ayatari
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01:24:02Ayatari
01:24:06Thank you. Thank you very much.
01:24:09Thank you for being here. Thank you for coming to the exhibition.