Etyen & Salwa Jaradat Channel Palestinian Resistance on Qoumi EP
Blending ancestral sounds with electronic production, Etyen and Salwa Jaradat use music as a tool of remembrance and resistance.
Mar 27, 2025
Lebanese producer Etyen and Palestinian singer and researcher Salwa Jaradat return with Qoumi, a three-track EP released under Beirut's Thawra Records. Expanding on their 2022 collaboration Galah Waji, the duo continues to explore the intersection of heritage and resistance, reviving traditional Palestinian chants through a contemporary electronic lens.
The EP reinterprets historic songs with layered production that blends haunting melodies, pulsing beats, and industrial soundscapes. Ya Tali'een opens with stripped-down acoustic rhythms before crashing into a powerful beat drop, while Meddi Dayyatik, a Palestinian wedding chant, carries coded messages of resistance beneath its celebratory tone. Hayyid An El Jeishi takes a more experimental approach, weaving themes of oppression and defiance into its sonic structure.
By fusing ancestral sounds with modern production, Qoumi serves as both an act of remembrance and a statement of defiance—proving that as long as the struggle continues, so will the songs.
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