Nāzninay poetic review by Sadaf Munshi
Nāzninay ‘O beauty!’ is the most recent music video in the Voices and Bridges series which was produced and composed during the pandemic. Using excerpts from a Kashmiri …
Jete Nahi Dibo poetic review by Sadaf Munshi
Jete Nahi Dibo ‘I won’t let you go’ is one of the upcoming compositions in The Voices and Bridges project. It starts with a melody inspired by Vanɨvun — a highly endange…
The Love Metaphor poetic review by Sadaf Munshi
The Love Metaphor is a beautiful interplay of two poems, composed centuries apart, by two very famous poets -- a sonnet in Early Modern English by Shakespeare and a ghaz…
Nostalgia poetic review by Sadaf Munshi
The production of Nostalgia came after the Syrian tragedy, depicting the pain of losing one’s home, the agony associated with displacement and exile. The music for this …
Nil Chashm poetic review by Sadaf Munshi
The story behind Nil Chashm is about the protagonist’s personal struggle and strife to overcome a trying situation. It depicts a man who is angry at his current situatio…
La Cloche Vide poetic review by Sadaf Munshi
The composition of La Cloche Vide ‘the broken bell’ presents a tragic love story. Using two very evocative poems -- one in French and the other in Farsi, it reflects the…
Bu Geç Vakit poetic review by Sadaf Munshi
The title of this composition, Bu Geç Vakit (‘at this late hour’), is based on a Turkish poem possibly inspired by a verse in the Bible which reads: “In the beginning wa…
Alnesa Mesli poetic review by Sadaf Munshi
One of the missions of the Voices and Bridges project is to emphasize the atrocities and injustices against various underrepresented groups. The primary theme of this bi…
El Sueño poetic review by Sadaf Munshi
El Sueno ‘the dream’ is the first of the series in the Voices and Bridges project. The primary theme of this composition is built around immigration — from one place to …