Voices of Yemen, Yemen Jews from Israel sing a song for the Houthis.
The Voices of Yemen in Israel, a group of Yemenite Jews who sing Jewish liturgical songs from Yemen, were challenged to write a song for the Houthis before a recent performance at the East West House in Jaffa. And on short notice, they delivered:
The lyrics repeat:
Houthis in Yemen I feel sorrow and mercy for you
We want your songs
Not your rockets
Voices of Yemen was created in 2021 by Ravid Kahalani (Yemen Blues) in partnership with the Association of Culture led by Yigal Ben Shalom – whose main focus is to preserve the mystical songs of the Jewish Tribes of Yemen.
The Voices of Yemen members wrote the Houthi song in Yemeni Arabic and performed it within 2 hours. The clip features their first performance of the song. The clip at the end of the video was the dress rehearsal.
The Voice of Yemen are: Yair Tzabari: vocals, percussion, oud Aviad Yihye: vocals, percussion Ravid Kahalani: vocals, percussion Boaz Gadka: vocals, oil can, percussion We’d like to thank the Houthis and the Yemenite Historical Foundation via Twitter for footage used in this film. Production credits of this video go to Karin Kloosterman for the concept. Green Prophet and the East West House for the production credit.
It’s in your court, Houthis.
