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various artists Songs Across Walls of Separation 11 improbable duets across walls of separation () Cultures have built walls around themselves for centuries, trying (futilely) to protect them selves from 'contamination.' This recording project seeks to expose the emotional dimension around what building of walls do to individuals in a growing number of countries, presenting artists from Palestine, Morocco, Syria, Kashmir, Cyprus and Mexico performing together with American and European artists presenting their interpretations in English of the original songs. Artists include Rim Banna (Palestine), Mahmoud Gania (Morocco), Abdul Rashid Farash (Kashmir), Esmaeel Mdah (Syria), Michael Tterlikkas (Cyprus), Natacha Atlas (UK/Egypt), Tom Russell (USA), Mimi Goese (USA), Sarah Jane Morris (UK), Eva Dahlgren (Sweden) and Morten Harket (Norway). Produced by Erik Hillstad (Lullabies form the Axis of Evil) with musical direction by Knut Reiersud.

Listen:
The Only Passport You Have Gania/Russell
Wind from distant places Banna/Moris
I go to the top of the hill Midah/Atlas
memory Lost Banna/Sayeh/Adams

More info: Walls dividing people are growing in the present world. The wall in Palestine have divided not only Jews from Palestinians, but even more Palestinians from Palestinians. The wall in Cyprus expresses the wound between the Islamic and the Christian world in Europe. The wall in Kashmir is a frozen war between two nuclear powers and divides one of the most beautiful gardens on the planet. The wall between USA and Mexico divides the Mexican culture and population. The walls around Ceuta and Melilla, two Spanish enclaves in Morocco expresses the fortification Europe in our time strengthen in order to limit the flow of immigrants from the poorer countries. Most of the walls that are being decided built by people in power are built and maintained in order to fortify a rich world against a poorer. This project wants to expose the emotional dimension around what building of walls do to individuals in a growing number of countries. The development of tools of communication in our time makes the flow of information almost impossible to control by authorities. This has led to a growing consciousness about the injustice of the world. People from poor countries are more and more aware of the contrast between their own lives and the possibilities that the richer countries can offer. A fast growing number of individuals try to enter Western Europe from Asia and Africa, and to USA and Canada an increasing number of immigrants come from South America. And the walls in Palestine, Syria and Cyprus are in many ways reflecting the same deep injustice between richer and poorer worlds, even if those walls also have many other aspects behind their existence.

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