Many newcomers can only wish to sound as young and airy as Rim Banna (ريم بنّا), an acclaimed Palestinian singer-songwriter with an impressive back catalogue that’s also a testimony to her musical wisdom.

She recently appeared on “Songs from a Stolen Spring”, a compilation of “protest and peace songs performed by pairings of Western musicians with their contemporaries from the countries where the Arab Spring took place”. But on “Break Your Fears” (أكسر خوفك) she sings alone.

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