Rawabet closing night w/, Deena Abdelwaheb + Mezar + Lynn Adib + prnc

Rawabet — wat 'banden' betekent in het Arabisch — is een internationaal project dat Europa en de Arabische wereld met elkaar verbindt, met een sterke focus op de Arabische Levant, inclusief alle minderheden. Van 5 tot en met 7 november 2026 strijkt de 4e en laatste editie van Festival Rawabet neer in Brussel voor drie dagen vol optredens, muziek, multimedia en debatten. Ontdek overal in de stad nieuwe werken die zijn ontwikkeld dankzij het productiesubsidieprogramma van Rawabet, dat artiesten en ideeën uit heel Europa samenbrengt in een ruimte die uitnodigt tot ontmoetingen, uitwisselingen en het creëren van nieuwe banden tussen artistieke praktijken, culturen en over grenzen heen. FULL PROGRAMME >> Georganiseerd door de vereniging Ettijahat – Independent Culture, gevestigd in Brussel en Beiroet, markeert Festival Rawabet de afronding van een driejarig Creative Europe-programma (2024-2026). En welke plek is er nu beter dan het Beursschouw-rooftop, tussen de wolken en de sterren van Brussel bij nacht, om de laatste dans te dansen? 20:30 (open) 21:00 performance by Deena Abdelwaheb & 3 artists 22:30 performance by Mezar 00:00 performance by Lynn Adib 00:30 dj set by prnc 01:00 dj set by Deena Abdelwaheb 03:00 (end) https://youtu.be/-LWXbUt2VPQ?si=2ZhleIW1y-nUNYFZ Deena Abdelwaheb – Diwan Midi Deena Abdelwaheb – vocals, computer music Nidhal Jaoua – qanun MIDI Imed Alibi - percussion MIDI Widad Mjama – vocals A contemporary exploration and reinterpretation of Arabic music via the Qanun MIDI, a prototype instrument developed at IRCAM. Deena Abdelwahed is rethinking the performance of electronic music by drawing on the intuition of Arabic music, a landscape where improvisation plays an essential role. https://www.instagram.com/deena___abdelwahed/ https://youtu.be/2ntEOJoqKdw?si=g-kxNxcDH54GXznT Mezar Chakib Kouidri – vocals, cigare box Elsa Corgié – keyboards, backing vocals, violin Mounir Hachemaoui – bass, backing vocals Pablo Giusiano – drums Mezar plays a Bedouin blues, carried by a trance rooted in Afro-Oriental heritage. Vocals, cigar box guitar, analog-toned synths, bass and drums build a sound that moves between hypnotic and euphoric, in service of a heritage still very much alive. https://www.instagram.com/mezar_______/ https://youtu.be/Bp6kTrjAvhI?si=s8FIzaG2yjw51aot Lynn Adib – Malakout Syrian singer, composer, and improviser Lynn Adib brings together jazz, Arabic traditions, and sacred forms in a distinctive, fluid sound. From maqâm and Byzantine chant to free improvisation, her music moves between traditions, cultures, and sonic worlds. For Malakout, Adib takes the stage with the musicians who brought her forthcoming album to life in the studio. Together, they revisit its repertoire in an intimate live performance where voice, dialogue, and collective expression meet. Rooted in spirituality, memory, and transformation, Malakout opens onto a rich and immersive sonic landscape. https://www.instagram.com/lynnadib/ https://youtu.be/kyl4eVkxojw?si=YOsyOyrelugm5bel prnc prnc is a Palestinian DJ based in Brussels, weaving raw underground energy into sets that are as intimate as they are electric. Moving through driving grooves, trance-soaked rhythms, Arabic pop, traditional melodies, and fractured electronic textures, he builds sonic worlds where boundaries blur and bodies take over. For prnc, the dancefloor is a space for freedom, queer expression, and resistance. https://www.instagram.com/prncjdg/ about Ettijahat – Independent Culture was founded in Syria in 2011 and has since become one of the most active organisations supporting Arab arts in exile. With legal status in Belgium (ASBL) and deep roots across the Arab cultural landscape, Ettijahat operates at the intersection of two worlds – embedded in the realities of cultural production in the Arab region and fluent in the institutional logics of the European sector. For over a decade, Ettijahat has developed sustained programmes supporting artists working under conditions of displacement, precarity, and political constraint, through residencies, production grants, mobility support, advocacy, and the creation of transnational networks. Rawabet is the most ambitious expression of this commitment to date, bringing together partners across five European countries to support emerging artists through a full three-year development arc. This dual anchoring – in Europe and the Arab world – shapes the organisation's approach. Ettijahat neither imports nor exports culture; it works at the point where the two landscapes meet, with all the tension and possibility that entails. — Photo Deena Abdelwaheb – ©Bachir Tayachi Photo Mezar – ©Virgile Robert Leroudier Photo Lynn – ©Alice Fave Photo prnc – ©Yousif Lama Rawabet is a project by Ettijahat Independent Culture and i-vzw, with offices in Brussels and Beirut, in partnership with Transversal, Voce, Masahat, Gezmataz, and Coculture, with the mission to support artists in and from Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan. Rawabet is co-funded by the European Union.