Celebrate AWAN Festival launch party with an unmissable double bill with Palestinian singer-songwriter Samah Mustafa, featuring music from Beirut DJ Jana Saleh.

Samah Mustafa is an Arab Palestinian singer. Her musical journey was influenced by oriental classic singing and folk Arabic music, which she combined with modern music to develop her unique music style. Samah was also influenced by instrumental music and today she is a band leader, writing, composing and arranging ambient, folk and experimental music based on vocal and other instrumental loops, musical images in vocal and lyrics. She was the main vocalist for various musical projects including Arab Baroque Music Project, Jawa Tour, New Star Competition and Yabous Palestinian Festival.

Jana Saleh is an active member of the DJ scene, with more than a decade of experience playing in clubs and parties across the Levant and Europe. Jana has a monthly residency on Radio Al Hara where she explores original material in one-hour sets. In addition, her DJ sets have been played on NTS Radio in England, Radio Nova in France, Radio Veneno in Brazil and Roots Radio in Turkey. Since moving to London, Jana co-founded Lazarus Arts and Cul