Radio Sana'a





Radio Sana’a focuses on music from Yemen. It features music by traditional well known Yemeni singers like Ayoob Tarish, Abu Bakr Salem and Fouad Al Kibsi, as well as Balqees – a contemporary pop star. The show include also music from the Israeli Yemenite scene, sung in Judeo-Yemeni Arabic and in the ancient Yemenite dialect of Hebrew. This scene includes singers such as Zion Golan, Shoshana Damari, Aharon Amram, Re'uma Abas and Ofra Haze, who had a successful international career during the 1980s and 1990s.



Radio Sana’a was edited by Ibi Ibrahim, a Berlin based visual artist and musician, born in Yemen in 1987. The show is part of Mediterranean Frequencies radio installation, broadcasting on 8 different locations around the neighbourhood during the 48 Stunden Neukölln festival.