Chai For All: Longing and Belonging and Palestine

An urgent story with music and song of Human - Earth relationships through the eyes of Palestinians living under Occupation. A Collaboration between members of Dar Al Musika Beit Sahour Palestine and Chai for All (Bristol UK) who perform with guest singer bağlama player Zaid Hilal.

Chai for All are a band that uniquely blend Jewish and Arabic music now illuminate Oalestinians' experience of connecting to The Land.

In after-show discussion audiences will be invited to consider their own UK examples of attachment to beloved natural or even built up locations and the struggle to defy 'development' that would destroy them.

Chai for All are Knud Stuwe oud and guitar, Simon Leach darbuka, percussion, ney, mjwiz, Katie Stevens clarinet, ney, kaval, mjwiz, Marianna Morals story and song, Michael Loader story teller, David Mowat trumpet, Mark Salam eh oud, Fares Ishaq ney, Kadher Jaraiseth percussion, Shafuq Alsadi kanun.

Longing and Belonging and Palestine: Our Homeland Lives in US, is a UK wide tour.

"Very moving account of the responsibility of the Brits in the creation of Israel. Wonderful musicians poetry and poetic storytelling" (review of Chai's latest show, Longing and Belonging and Balfour)