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Birds Should Fly

by YUKA

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1.
The Earth Is Closing On Us (Intro) 03:16
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Where Should The Birds Fly 05:39
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This track is named after the title of the documentary film by Fida Qishta. The humanity and spirit of Gaza.
3.
After The Last Sky 06:11
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This track is named after the title of the book "After the last sky: Palestinian live" by Edward W. Said A searing portrait of Palestinian life and identity that is at once an exploration of Edward Said's unclaimable past and testimony to the lived of those living in exile
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The Seventh Million 04:58
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This track is named after the title of the book and documentary "The Seventh Million: The Israelis and the Holocaust" by Tom Segev. The first book to show the decisive impact of the Holocaust on the identity, ideology and politics of Israel.
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Occupation 101 06:11
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This track is named after the title of the doc movie "Occupation 101 : The voice of the silenced majority" by Sufyan Omeish & Abdallah Omeish. The film focuses on the effectof the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip and discusses events from the rise of Zionism.
6.
They Call Me A Lioness 05:55
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This track is named after the title of the book "They call me a lioness: A Palestinian girls fight for freedome" byy Ahed Tamimi & Dena Takruri. A book that reveals an apartheid in XXI century.
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Five Broken Cameras 05:38
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This track is named after the title of the doc film by Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi. First-hand account of protests in Bil'n (West Bank)
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Anatomy Of Hate A Dialogue To Hope 03:31
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This track is named after the title of the documentary movie by Mike Ramsdell. A film that challenges, informs and inspires. An individual tool for anyone who believes that the path to peace is through a deeper understanding of our common humanity.

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All tracks of this album except Intro are named after the documentary or book title. You can read about it in the description/lyrics for each track.

The first track (Intro) is named after the title of the poem and contents the poem itself:

*The Earth is closing on us*

The earth is closing on us, pushing us through the last
passage, and we tear off our limbs to pass through.
The earth is squeezing us. I wish we were its wheat so we
could die and live again. I wish the earth was our mother
So she'd be kind to us. I wish we were pictures on the rocks
for our dreams to carry
As mirrors. We saw the faces of those to be killed by the last
of us in the last defence of the soul
We cried over their children's feast. We saw the faces of
those who will throw our children
Out of the window of this last space. Our star will hang
up mirrors.
Where should we go after the last frontiers? Where should the
birds fly after the last sky?
Where should the plants sleep after the last breath of air?
We will write our names with scarlet steam,
We will cut off the hand of the song to be finished by our flesh.
We will die here, here in the last passage. Here and here our
blood will plant its olive tree.

Mahmoud Darwish (A Palestinian poet)

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released March 15, 2024

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YUKA Dharamshala, India

A masterful innovator whose career in music has spanned two decades and numerous corners of the globe, Yuka is – above all – a storyteller, a creator of energies, a musical shaman whose vivid and visceral sets are capable of opening gateways to trancelike states. ... more

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