Anas Al Maghrabi

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*Yathrib is the city that Muhammad immigrated to at times of greatest despair, it was a kind of hope or salvation for him.

*The seven sheep are an arbitrarily-chosen metaphor for the seven decades - more or less - that the average human in our times lives.

*This song talks, among other themes, about the abstract concept of continuity in our existence; the idea that there is no defined beginning or end, instead, it’s a continuous process that one - maybe - should not perceive as linear. This argument is even more relevant when you apply it to migration on the conceptual level. It tries to challenge a very fundamental condition for making migration what it is: having a starting point (A) and an endpoint (B), a place that you leave and a destination you arrive at.

*This translation prioritizes delivering the right meaning over the poetic quality.

Music Video, 2020