For the first session of migas’ discursive program, curator and host Anna Fasolato invites Amira Alghoul to share her research and archival project on Taraweed (Tarweeda), a traditional form of Palestinian folk song sung by women.

In 2025, Amira collaborated with women over the age of 40 across the Palestinian territories, including villages near Ramallah, such as Birzeit, as well as Bethlehem, Beit Jala, and Jericho. Through recordings, fieldwork, and conversation, she traced songs of land, ritual, and resilience passed from woman to woman. This research engages with and documents Palestinian traditional women’s folklore songs more broadly, where voices and lyrics act as vessels of memory and resistance.

Musically, we will explore raw recordings, ranging from wedding chants and henna rituals to coded songs of resistance, and examine the background of these songs, including their dialects, collective and spiritual meanings, and the knowledge they embody. The session will also explore Taraweed in more depth, along with the different forms these songs can take.

Amira Alghoul is a Palestinian artist, musician, and researcher based in Berlin. Her work moves between sound, memory, and storytelling, focusing on oral histories, traditional music practices, and experimental composition. Through field recordings, performances, and archival work, she explores how sound carries identity, resistance, and intimate forms of knowledge across generations.

Anna Fasolato is a curator and cultural manager based in Berlin. She holds space at SAVVY Contemporary and Salon am Moritzplatz, and conspires within the research collective REINCANTAMENTO.