Laura Elkeslassy | Sidi Habibi | After Salim Halali | سيدي حبيبي

Music Direction | Ira Khonen Temple
Executive Production | Laura Elkeslassy & Ira Khonen Temple

Laura Elkeslassy | Vocals
Ira Khonen Temple | Keyboard
April Centrone | Percussion
Eylem Basaldi | Violin
Yoni Battat | Oud
Zoë Guigueno | Bass

Brooklyn Conservatory of Music | June 2021

Music Consultants | Yohai Cohen, Hay Corcos
Marketing Consultant | Fern Diaz
Lyrics Transliteration & Translation | Adil Abara, Yohai Cohen, Ira Khonen Temple, Laura Elkeslassy, Mehdya Fassi, Youssef Fassi Fihri, Asaf Calderon, Joseph Elkeslassy, Juda Oliel, Mady & Raymond Lassy

Special Thanks
Torrey Townsend, Paola Mieli, Maelle Lassy, Natalie Haziza, Osnat Bensoussan, Deborah Sitbon Neuberg, Noemie Serfaty, Jonas Sibony, Laurent Charbit, Ella Bourreau, Smadar Oliel, Youval Levi, Dr Samuel Torjman Thomas,  Claudia Horowitz, Matt Green, Maia Ipp, Miranda Knutson, The JFREJ Sephardi/Mizrahi Caucus, the Mizrahi Collective, The New York Andalus Ensemble.

This show was made possible by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council, Rise Up! and the New Jewish Culture Fellowship.

Ya Ghorbati: Divas in Exile was published as a multimedia folio by Ayin Press, with liner notes and textual explorations accompanying each song.
https://ayinpress.org/folios/#ya-ghor...
Ayin Folio Credits:
Authors | Laura Elkeslassy & Ira Khonen Temple
Editors | Tom Haviv, Kristin Nelson, Penina Eilberg-Schwartz, Eden Pearlstein & Joanna Steinhardt
Design & Production | Tom Haviv, Carly Lewis & Sam Fine