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Hani al Sawah
Due to the pandemic, it was not possible to invite the usual number of guests in 2020, so Syrian rapper and writer Hani al Sawah was the only guest. He was born in Homs in 1988, where he performed his music as a teenager. He came to Beirut in 2012. There he was co-organizer and part of the project "Khat Talet" (Arabic for "Third Way"), which brings together rappers and producers from all over the Arab world. Since then, his name has become an integral part of the Arab rap business. In 2016, he released his debut album "Ard Al Samak/Land of Fish", with songs about the Syrian revolution and its impact on society and the individual. In 2018, together with Syrian photographer Tim Alsiofi, he wrote the photo diary "Salamat Men Idlib" (Arabic for "From the heart, from Idlib"), which was published by the Heinrich Böll Foundation in 2019. A year later, he published his album "Malahi" (Arabic for "Ferris wheels") in collaboration with the foundation's Beirut office. Shortly afterwards, he left Beirut for a fellowship at the Heinrich Böll House in Langenbroich. In Germany, he founded his own Platen label and is currently working on numerous collaborations with Arab and European artists whose productions are soon to be released.
