PANDA women #4: Yemen

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This event is part of the PANDAwomen 2025 Festival.

Curated by artist and activist Najla Alshami, this evening opens a space for contemporary Yemeni music shaped by displacement, memory, and innovation. Through voice, text, and rhythm, the program weaves together traditional references and future-facing forms — from poetic ballads to electronic experiments.

Programme:

Opening Set

Eman Ibrahim

A vocalist drawing from the richness of classical Arabic poetry, Eman opens the night with a warm, intimate set of songs blending lyrical tradition with contemporary arrangements. Her performance gently welcomes the audience into the world of Yemeni expression — with surtitles and short English introductions for wider accessibility.

Live Pop Set

Hadeel Hussein

Based in Saudi Arabia, Hadeel brings a high-energy, emotionally rich set of original pop songs influenced by Yemeni melodic structures. Her voice is both clear and inviting — shaped by diaspora experience and rooted in the cadence of Arabic song.

Electronic Performance

Intibint

The final music set comes from Noha, also known as Intibint — a Glasgow-based singer-songwriter and producer. Her music merges field recordings, layered vocals, and electronic textures to explore memory, migration, and feminine agency. She draws on revolutionary songs from Yemen and beyond.

Short Film & Yemen Art Base Talk

The live sets are followed by the screening of a short Yemeni film and a brief talk by Najla Alshami about the Yemen Art Base project — connecting local and diasporic Yemeni artists across disciplines.

Curated by Najla Alshami

Najla Alshami is a Yemeni curator, activist, and researcher based in Brussels. She is the founder of Yemen Art Base, a cultural platform that connects Yemeni artists in exile with each other and with broader global conversations. Her curatorial work focuses on decentralization, diasporic storytelling, and creating alternative infrastructures for visibility, care, and solidarity.

Artists:

Eman Ibrahim

Yemeni vocalist based in Germany. Her music brings together classical Arabic lyricism and contemporary accompaniment. She shapes her sets with clarity and warmth, making space for emotion and accessibility.

Hadeel Hussein

Pop singer-songwriter currently based in Saudi Arabia. Her songs are marked by lyrical depth and Yemeni melodic references. A digital-native performer, she builds community through both her voice and presence.

Intibint (Noha)

Glasgow-based artist and producer. Her electronic live sets combine vocals, original productions, and archival material from Yemeni, Palestinian, and Sudanese music. Her work explores identity, language, and transformation.

Yousra Ishaq (Investigative journalist and Documentary Producer)

Based in Berlin, she uses storytelling as a tool for human rights advocacy, exploring urgent social issues such as gender inequality and the preservation of cultural heritage. As a co-founder of Comra Films, Yemen’s leading film production company, she has produced more than a dozen investigative documentaries highlighting underrepresented issues in the region.

Admission: 20 euro online  |  25 euro doors