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A'aib

by NAXÖ

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A’aib (Arabic: عيب) is the arabic word for Shame/Taboo/Flawed. This song is about cultural transness of owning one's queerness in the face of being fetishized, traditionalized, and stigmatized for one's unique self in life's non binary nature. This is a reminder, a conversation, an opener for the mind, body and soul on standing points of solidarity, accountability and intersecting reflections of the trans and queer wisdom and revolution.

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*Translated from Arabic

مالك انت و مالى بعينك
Mind your business and why would I mind your eye/gaze
مالك نفسى و كل ما فيها
I own myself and everything in her
مالك انتى و مالى بعينِك
Mind your business and why would I mind your eye/gaze
مالك نفسى و كل ما فيه
I own myself and everything in him

آدى الأعمى
Blinded left
بادى اللعنة
Started the curse
فاكر لما
Remember when
سمعتك و فى حضنى بكيت
I heard you and in my lap you cried

انت عيب .. انتى عيب
You are a shame .. You are the flaw
هو عيب .. هى عيب
He is a shame .. She is a shame
يا بنى عيب .. يا ابنه عيب
O' my son's fault .. O' my daughter's fault
هما عيب و انتوا مين؟
They are a defect and who are you?

مالك انت و مالى بعينك
Mind your business and why would I mind your eye/gaze
مالك نفسى و كل ما فيها
I own myself and everything in her
مالك انتى و مالى بعينِك
Mind your business and why would I mind your eye/gaze
مالك نفسى و كل ما فيه
I own myself and everything in him

آدى الأعمى
Blinded left
بادى اللعنة
Started the curse
فاكر لما
Remember when
سمعتك و فى حضنى لقيت
I heard you and in my lap you found

انت مش عيب .. انتى مش عيب
You are not a shame .. You are not the flaw
هو مش عيب .. هى مش عيب
He is not a shame .. She is not a shame
مفيش عيب .. انا مش عيب
There is no shame .. I am not defective
هما مش عيب و انتوا مش عيب
They are not the flaw and you are not the flaw

مالكة نفسى و كل ما فيها
I own myself and everything in her
مالك نفسى و كل ما فيه
I own myself and everything in him
و كل ما فيه
and everything in him
و كل ما فيها
and everything in her

مالِك
Owning
مالَك
What’s up

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released February 25, 2021
Music and song writing: NAXÖ
Co-production: Lylantz

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NAXÖ Chicago, Illinois

NAXÖ is fusion of Middle-Eastern folklore and groovy electronic psychedelic music with songs that consider queer culture/migration, postcolonialism and re-imagining a better world with grand Arabic vocals, ecstatic synths, and the kind of percussion that finds its way to your core. Based in Chicago & their works have been featured in Chicago Reader, Windy City Times, Philly Weekly, and others. ... more

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