Zaffé

Here’s to the ways we scrape together a party, from shredded streamers and shattered furniture, the ways we turn bomb shelters into dance floors, and disappointments into a future.

Step through a portal into an abandoned building in Beirut. Tangled knots of power cables and battery-operated candles mark your path. Fluorescent flowers bloom in the dust. There is dancing, singing, ululation, wedding games, gossip, and long-distance video calls, but something is missing.

Featuring Arabic-language covers of pop songs, underground techno music, and the beautiful melodies we know from home, 'Zaffé' is an open-hearted celebration hosted by young artists from the Middle Eastern diaspora.

How does this generation attempt to commemorate what is lost through migration and the passing of time? Together, we will throw a party: to create in the face of loss, root ourselves in history, express our resilience, provide for one another, and help each other heal.