The Arabic word “Ghorba” reflects a unique feeling of rather overwhelming state of homesickness. Yemenis (and Arabs in general) abroad or in exile use the term in poetic, nostalgic ways remembering what it used to be at home before becoming strangers. Ghorba has no verbatim translation in most other languages and cultures of the term or the feelings it carries with it.
00:00 Mawal الموال
01:26 Song الأغنية
The Arabic word “Ghorba” reflects a unique feeling of rather overwhelming state of homesickness. Yemenis (and Arabs in general) abroad or in exile use the term in poetic, nostalgic ways remembering what it used to be at home before becoming strangers. Ghorba has no verbatim translation in most other languages and cultures of the term or the feelings it carries with it.
00:00 Mawal الموال
01:26 Song الأغنية
Singer: Hadeel
Producer: Nasser Almang
Music Production: Hisham Niaz Collaboration with HadeelMusic
Song Production: Hadeel, Saba Hamza, Ali Mojahd
Lyrics: Saba Hamzah
Melody: Ali Mojahid
Mawal melody: Modern Folk (Turath)
Music Composing and arrangement: Hisham Niaz
Mixing and Mastering
Hisham Niaz
Vocals Engineering
George Yacob
Recording
Syncope Studio
AV Script writer/editor
Gehad Garallah
Atheer Almujahed
Alaa Al-Abyadh
Model
Jihane Lavina
D.P
Kani Jameel
Line Producer
Amr Ahmed
Videography in Yemen
Badr Yousef
Hala Al-Medwahi
Ala’a Al-Maktari
Derjan Films Project
Lighting
X Işık Production
CEO
Emir Razuk
Gaffer
Yaşar Yilmaz
Assistant 1
Ferhat Açıkgöz
Assistant 2
Eyüp Sultan Renk
Camera Crew
Focus Puller
Fırat Metin
Camera Assistant 1
Ufuk Kurt
Camera Assistant 2
Cemalettin Gücük
Şaryo
Erkan Akkuş
Şaryo Assistant
Ramazan Setci
Jimmy Jib
Mazlum Sal
Backstage Filming
Mohammed Fuad
Decoration
Shatha Mothefer
Editing
Najm Alkhatari
Amr M Alkhulaidi
Colorist
Amr M Alkhulaidi
Colorist Assistant
Najm Alkhatari
Design
Badr Yousef
Make Up
Gülşah
Dress By
CENGIZ AKTURK
Production Team
Abdullah Al-Badani
Wael Kokash
Mohammed Al-Rai
Ahmed Alwani
Marketing Team
Ez Abushaar
Ala’a Al-Maktari
Special Thanks
Sama Alhamdani
Mazen Alsaqaf
Amal Ali
Ali Albishari
Ahmed Alashwal
Wejdan Alkebsi
Hatem Hanish
Atheer
Arzak Muhammad
Amal Hussein
Amat Essam Al-Maqhafi
Mohammed Khaled
Yasser Aldhari
Mohamed Ohag
Ali Al-Sharjabi
Video production
@ywtorg
Video sponsorship
@Humanity for Relief and Development
Director Assistant
Entesar Alduais
Directed By
Alaa Al-Abyadh
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ما أجور الهجر يا قلبي
وما أجور نزوحي
يوم قالوا دقت ساعة الحرب
وحان وقت المنافي
ما أوجع الغربة
يا أمي وروحي
حين اصتبح فقدش
وأمسي على قلبي
وهو يا رحمتاه
طافي
ياغربة ياغربة يالعينة
ياهجوة ياشانني يامطر
ياولعتنا منينه منينه
من هو ينهي لنا هذا السفر
ياقهوة قشر ياريحان
يا بيت امي ويا قلب ابيي
اجُمعة اهل في عطان
جلستنا سوا ياخبرتي
ياباله يابرع يادان
اتفرق شملنا يا صاحبي
ياباله يابرع يادان
مااوحش الخوف
بيعاظم جروح
يقد الفؤاد مكون
ولاحدن يعلم
بين يد الله يا سري وبوحي
ياسري وبوحي
لابد ماتفرج
يا جنة يا غصين البان
يا أقرب للعين من حاجبي
والله إن اللقا قد آن
ارفق بالقلب يا صاحبي
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🎵 How unjust, being abandoned, how unjust, my departing
🎵 When war was announced
🎵 and it was time for exile
🎵 Pained and stranded, mom
🎵 when I miss you in the morning
🎵 while my nights are full of agonizing heartache
🎵 Cursed exile
🎵 Breeze and rain feel different
🎵 Our passion, our joy, gone
🎵 who dares end this endless journey?
🎵 O’ smell of coffee, o’ smell of basil
🎵 Filling my mom’s house, and my dad’s heart
🎵 The Fridays we spent in "Attan"
🎵 Being together meant the world
🎵 Gather, sing and dance
🎵 mourning our loss of one’s self, pal