Deena Abdelwahed - Flagranti '2023

Tracks list

For the first time in Tunisia and in the Arab World, a play bluntly adresses the
homosexuality taboo. Flagranti (in the act) is a queer fiction based on the
LGBTQI+ community’s alarming reality in Tunisia. Written collectively
under the initiative of the NGO Mawjoudin We Exist, it has been staged by Essia
Jaibi and the music composed by Deena Abdelwahed.

Deena Abdelwahed is a key artist that emerged from the Tunisian club scene.
After her debuts with the collectives World Full Of Bass and Arabstazy, she
joins the Parisian label InFiné and releases two albums (Klabb, 2017 /
Dhakar, 2020) and an EP (Khonnar). For this new EP, a soundtrack composed for a
100% Tunisian project Flagranti, she teams up with the Tunisian-Lyonnais label
Shouka.
Faithful to her debut musical explorations, she graces us with an avant-garde
Dance music sprinkled with élemens typical of the Arab music diversity. Her
musical touch is immediately recognizable: an uncompromising club music, filled
with an energy that backs up the play’s stance, and Essia Jaibi’s
commitment against injustice and homophobia. The violence of this raging music
echoes the daily aggressions of the LGBTQI+ communities… and set’s
the Bass Music dance floors on fire, following the powerful DJ sets that Deena
performs since quite a few years now.

Mawjoudin We Exist is a NGO that stands up for LGBTQI+ rights, so that they can
live with dignity within the Tunisian society. It promotes diversity and
non-discrimination in order to fight oppression.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Deena Abdelwahed - Fête (4:49)
1.02 - Deena Abdelwahed - Flirt (5:10)
1.03 - Deena Abdelwahed - Dîner (3:03)
1.04 - Deena Abdelwahed - Homosapiens (4:28)

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