Vanessa Paloma Elbaz with Jonathan Glasser

Jewish Saharan Women’s Songs for Birth part 2

Following the launch of yalalla.org.uk, an online platform on Jewish Saharan women’s songs for birth and pilgrimage, Vanessa Paloma Elbaz and Jonathan Glasser will discuss the intimacy between Jewish and Muslim repertoires in the region between Morocco and Algeria. Issues of French colonialism, gender and the vocal enactment of sanctity serve as a backdrop to this online resource meant to educate and inspire younger generations from the Maghreb and wider Jewish and Arab world.