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Ziad Nawfal’s radio programs for Radio Lebanon 96.2FM in Beirut, Radio Alhara in Bethlehem, Ma3azef Radio in Tunis, and Movement Radio in Athens.

Ziad Nawfal Mix for Stegi Radio with guest SHIRINE SAAD // 04 November 2025

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A monthly selection of alternative, ambient and experimental music from Lebanon and the MENA region, selected by music promoter and label owner Ziad Nawfal – this broadcast features a guest mix by Lebanese journalist, programmer and DJ SHIRINE SAAD. Originally commissioned by Stegi Radio and produced by Onassis Stegi.

Shirine Saad is a Beirut-born journalist, programmer and DJ focusing on culture and social change. They were Assistant Professor of the Practice in Arts Journalism and Criticism at Brown University, where they were the Founding Editor of a new multimedia arts journal, MOVEMENTS. They are a PhD candidate in Philosophy, Art and Social Thought at the European Graduate School.

“How do we listen together after genocide? Can sound carry the weight of memory, dissent, and survival? This mix threads guerrilla feminist and queer expressions through layers of noise, static, and fracture, remixing the sonic remnants of techno-dystopian destruction into resonant acts of defiance and care.”

TRACK LISTING:

1. Yara Asmar – all that has been seen will have been seen for nothing
2. Faten Kanaan – Three Arches
3. Mayssa Jallad – Kharita
4. Fatima Al Qadiri – Gumar (Moon)
5. Floy Krouchi – COUVRE FEU (feat. Kamilya Jubran)
6. Sandy Chamoun / Anthony Sahyoun / Jad Atoui – Hayawanon Ghader
7. Pollution Opera (Elvin Brandhi & Nadah El Shazly – Cairo???
8. Asma Ghanem – We’ve Got a Life in Illusion
9. Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme – After everything is extracted
10. Sabine Salamé – A City Without People
11. Makimakkuk – Bidaeyat
12. Maurice Louca – Rupture (El Kontessa Remix)
13. Deena Abdelwahed – Pre Island (33EMYBW)
14. dj haram – Handplay

Photo by Myriam Boulos

Ziad Nawfal Mix for Stegi Radio with guests SNAKESKIN // 07 October 2025

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A monthly selection of alternative, ambient and experimental music from Lebanon and the MENA region, selected by music promoter and label owner Ziad Nawfal – this broadcast features a guest mix by Lebanese dreampop duo SNAKESKIN (Julia Sabra & Fadi Tabbal). Originally commissioned by Stegi Radio and produced by Onassis Stegi.

Snakeskin is a Beirut-based duo making electronic dreampop that incorporates ambient, industrial, and experimental elements. The project brings together producer and musician Fadi Tabbal and singer songwriter Julia Sabra, also a member of indie trio Postcards.
The duo’s third album We live in sand will be released on October 10, 2025 as a co-release between Ruptured and Beacon Sound. Written as the war in Gaza spread to Lebanon, it is their starkest and most immediate work to date, combining industrial beats, ambient dirges, and Julia’s distinctive vocals.

TRACK LISTING:

1- Snakeskin: Ready
2- Nadah El Shazly: Kaabi Ali
3- Lucrecia Dalt: Caes (feat. Camille Mandoki)
4- SANAM: Goblin
5- Snakeskin: October sun
6- Kelly Moran: Don’t Trust Mirrors
7- Sary Moussa: Everywhere at Once
8- Jerusalem In My Heart: Ana Lisan Wahad (feat. Farida Amadou & Pierre-Guy Blanchard)
9- Dina El Wedidi: The Moon
10- Gizzmo: A Change in the Seasons
11- Snakeskin: Blindsided
12- Mabe Fratti: Kravitz
13- Postcards: Poison
14- Blood Orange: Look at You
15- Snakeskin: Black water

Video still by Mohamad Abdouni

Ziad Nawfal Mix for Stegi Radio with guest SARY MOUSSA // 02 September 2025

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A monthly selection of alternative, ambient and experimental music from Lebanon and the MENA region, selected by music promoter and label owner Ziad Nawfal – this broadcast features a guest mix by Lebanese musician SARY MOUSSA. Originally commissioned by Stegi Radio and produced by Onassis Stegi.

Sary Moussa is a Lebanese electronic musician, sound designer, producer, and engineer, deeply rooted in Beirut’s experimental and underground music scenes. Emerging in the late 2000s under the moniker radiokvm, he released his debut full-length album, Issrar, in 2014 on the Ruptured label. Performing under his own name, Moussa followed up with Imbalance in 2020 on Nicolas Jaar’s Other People imprint: an album shaped by childhood memories and regional soundscapes, blending Greek-Catholic chants, ambient noise, and the sonic imprint of southern Lebanon.

Moussa’s work is characterized by a fusion of drone-driven compositions and dance floor-ready electronica, emphasizing generative sound design and intricate sonic textures. His latest album Wind, Again was released by Other People in summer 2025. Beyond his solo projects, Moussa is an active collaborator across various artistic disciplines. He has composed music for theater, dance, film, and art installations.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Sary Moussa – Everywhere at once
  2. Two or the Dragon – Dance Grooves for the Weary pt. 1
  3. Cinna Peyghami – Sympathetic Fillings
  4. Jerusalem in my heart – Wa Ta’atalat Loughat Al Kalam pt.1
  5. Aho Ssan and Nicolas Jaar – Le Tremblement
  6. Amina Hocine – Ātamōn I
  7. Maurice Louca – Yara’ (Fire Flies)
  8. Biliana Voutchkova and Phill Niblock – Biliana
  9. Mana – Archipelaghi pt.2
  10. Hania Rani – Dreamy
  11. Charbel Haber, Nicolas Jaar and Sary Moussa – Crashing waves dance to the rhythm set by the broadcast journalist revealing the tragedies of the day pt.4
  12. Asil Ensemble – Free group improvisation
  13. Sary Moussa – White Dust
  14. Fadi Tabbal – (Keep Beating)
  15. Charbel Haber and Sary Moussa – Pity City (unreleased)

Ziad Nawfal Mix for Stegi Radio with guest YOUMNA SABA // 03 June 2025

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A monthly selection of alternative, ambient and experimental music from Lebanon and the MENA region, selected by music promoter and label owner Ziad Nawfal – this broadcast features a guest mix by Lebanese musician YOUMNA SABA. Originally commissioned by Stegi Radio and produced by Onassis Stegi.

Youmna Saba is a Lebanese musician, composer, and musicologist whose work bridges classical Arabic music and electroacoustic experimentation. Her current research explores the resonance of instruments and spaces in relation to the Arabic language in its sung form. She has released five albums, most recently Wishah (2023) on Touch and Ruptured, and has collaborated with artists such as Kamilya Jubran, Mike Cooper, and Neue Vocalsolisten.

Saba has performed at festivals including CTM (Berlin) and Éclat (Stuttgart), and has taken part in international residencies at the Cité Internationale des Arts, INA-GRM, Camargo Foundation, and Musée du Quai Branly, where she developed a sound installation on the “breath” of instruments. Her practice reflects a deep engagement with sonic memory, spatiality, and the evolution of Arabic musical forms.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Kamilya Jubran And Sarah Murcia: Baab
  2. Kid Fourteen: (Ninja Scroll)
  3. Dina El Wedidi: Homeland
  4. Fadi Tabbal: (Keep Beating)
  5. Sandy Chamoun / Anthony Sahyoun / Jad Atoui: Al-Moulatham
  6. Youmna Saba: Akaleel
  7. Maya Al Khaldi: Zaghritu
  8. Marie Jubran: Yle Alqamar
  9. Two Or The Dragon: Dance Grooves For The Weary [Live At Sarab Music Festival]
  10. Abdelmoniem Ekhald: Droob A Shoag (Paths To Love)
  11. Elyse Tabet: 4 A.M.
  12. Hassiba Hashem Bdeir: Mawwal Ashshawq Wel Hanin

Ziad Nawfal Mix for Stegi Radio with guest NOUR SOKHON // 06 May 2025

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A monthly selection of alternative, ambient and experimental music from Lebanon and the MENA region, selected by music promoter and label owner Ziad Nawfal – this broadcast features a guest mix by Lebanese musician and sound artist Nour Sokhon. Originally commissioned by Stegi Radio and produced by Onassis Stegi.

Nour Sokhon is a Lebanese artist based in Berlin, Germany, whose work explores diverse methods of artistic research, including interviews, field recordings, and site-specific interventions. Her findings are translated into sound/music compositions, performances, interactive installations, and moving image work.

“This mix, “Qulubuna”, is named after a track I composed for the Zilzal: Sonic Ceremony compilation. Qulubuna means “our hearts” in Arabic, and it reflects the whirlwind of emotions I’ve been experiencing over the past year and a half, watching the violence escalate—and continue to escalate—from afar. Through sound, I try to process the grief, helplessness, and longing that come with bearing witness from a distance.”

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Q: Scattered Memory of Syria
  2. Nour Sokhon: Your Silence is Loud
  3. Flugen: Piramatozo
  4. Nour Sokhon & Ensemble Modern (Jaan Bossier, Rumi Ogawa, Jagdish Mistry, Megumi Kasakawa, Nathan Watts and Alexander Kolb): Voyaging Through Silent Rumbles (live performance excerpt)
  5. Asifeh: Asafeer /عصافير
  6. Sara Persico: Voices Organ
  7. Viki Steiri: I Want You Too In My Private Dream
  8. Makoto Sakamoto: Trust
  9. Beirut drone (Field recording)
  10. Underwater hydrophone (Field recording)
  11. Sara Persico: Domescape
  12. Saba Alizadeh: Temple Of Hope
  13. Elyse Tabet: 4 A.M.
  14. Nour Sokhon & Stefan Christoff: Cascading effects
  15. Flugen: Twenty Nine
  16. Nour Sokhon: Qulubuna
  17. Saba Alizadeh: Plain Of The Free

Photo by Jerzy Goliszewski

Ziad Nawfal Mix for Stegi Radio with guest CAMILLE CABBABE // 01 April 2025

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A monthly selection of alternative, ambient and experimental music from Lebanon and the MENA region, selected by music promoter and label owner Ziad Nawfal – this broadcast features a guest mix by Lebanese musician and filmmaker Camille Cabbabe. Originally commissioned by Stegi Radio and produced by Onassis Stegi.

Camille Cabbabe is a Lebanese filmmaker, screenwriter, and musician whose work spans film, music, and literature. She earned her BA in Filmmaking from the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts in 2017, and her senior film, Down is the New Up, won two awards and was screened at festivals across Lebanon, Europe, and the United States.

Beyond filmmaking, Camille is also a musician, having played with several bands over the past decade. In 2024, she recorded her first solo album titled K2 set to be released in 2025. The album is accompanied by a film featuring a blend of home videos and mixed media visuals.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Aphex Twin: Alberto Balsalm
2. Brian Eno: This
3. Interbellum: For Air
4. KŌZŌ 構造: Capsule Tower
5. Camille Cabbabe: The Last Time
6. Massive Attack: Protection
7. SANAM: Ayouha Al-Taiin Fi Al-Mawt
8. Faten Kanaan: Fin août, début septembre
9. Angelo Badalamenti: Twin Peaks Theme
10. Cosmic Analog Ensemble: Ohms and Watts
11. Alko B: Whenever It Gets Dark
12. The Bunny Tylers: I’ll Make It Up To You
13. Kinematik: Muhibbi Al-Kanari
14. Snakeskin: Bodies
15. Vegyn: Big Fun Never Ending Nightmare [75bpm]
16. Camille Cabbabe: Visitors
17. The Incompetents: Grey Midas

Ziad Nawfal Mix for Stegi Radio with guest STEFAN CHRISTOFF // 04 March 2025

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A monthly selection of alternative, ambient and experimental music from Lebanon and the MENA region, selected by music promoter and label owner Ziad Nawfal – this broadcast features a mix by Canadian musician, writer and community activist STEFAN CHRISTOFF. Originally commissioned by Stegi Radio and produced by Onassis Stegi.

Stefan Christoff is a media maker, community activist, and artist based in Montréal. He hosts Free City Radio, a weekly program airing on seven community stations across Canada and available globally as a podcast. As a musician, he collaborates with artists worldwide, including Anarchist Mountains, Aidan Baker, Adriana Camacho, Aidan Girt, Lori Goldston, Nicolás Jaar, and Sessa. Stefan serves on the board of the Immigrant Workers Centre in Côte-des-Neiges, organizes with Cinema Politica Network, and contributes regularly to Radio AlHara in Palestine. He is also involved with the Social Justice Centre and is pursuing graduate studies in history at Concordia University.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Ana Quiroga – Atalaya
  2. William Ryan Fritch – An Abnormal Union
  3. Hazy Montagne Mystique – Luang Namtha (Ville des larmes)
  4. Stefan Christoff – In All The Noise We Can Still See
  5. David August – VĪS (Aho Ssan Reinterpretation)
  6. Agate Flow – Night
  7. Laura Agnusdei – P.P.R.N (Physarum Polycephalum Rail Network)
  8. Stefan Christoff – Stretching Light
  9. Adrián de Alfonso – La tromba exacta
  10. xodkaar x No Cosmos – گردن (Gardan)
  11. Anarchist Mountains – Passage (excerpt)

Palestine solidarity protest in Sofia by Maxim Mokdad

Ziad Nawfal Mix for Stegi Radio // 04 February 2025

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A monthly selection of alternative, ambient and experimental music from Lebanon and the MENA region, selected by music promoter and label owner Ziad Nawfal. Originally commissioned by Stegi Radio and produced by Onassis Stegi.

1. Muslimgauze – Khan Younis [Shekel of Israeli Occupation]
2. NÂR – MIMOUNE II [What We Talk About]
3. Sandy Chamoun / Anthony Sahyoun / Jad Atoui – Bihali [Ghadr]
4. Postcards – Nine [In Parenthesis Vol. 1]
5. Sandy Chamoun – Soukoun Mouwhesh سكون موحش [Fata17 فتى١٧ ]
6. Liliane Chlela – 2024 [Malign/Benign]
7. Liliane Chlela – Bison [Anatomy of A Jerk]
8. Use Knife – Freedom, Asshole [État Coupable]
9. Nour Sokhon – The destruction and the rebuilding [Beirut Birds]
10. Elyse Tabet – Or other cars in sight [Seaside]
11. Xlmxkhfi – Black Beach [afterthought]
12. Jawad Nawfal – STO On A VHS [Various Artists VV-VA-00]

Ziad Nawfal Mix for Stegi Radio with guest RENATA // 07 January 2025

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A monthly selection of alternative, ambient and experimental music from Lebanon and the MENA region, selected by music promoter and label owner Ziad Nawfal – this broadcast features a mix by Lebanese DJ, producer and promoter RENATA. Originally commissioned by Stegi Radio and produced by Onassis Stegi.

Renata was invited to produce this set in August 2024 and kindly agreed. However, Israel’s brutal campaign on Lebanon soon began, forcing her to pause the project. She was finally able to complete it just a couple of weeks ago.

The result is a mix that carries the weight of the past year —a deeply personal and carefully curated selection that spans experimental electronics, folk traditions, and beyond, featuring tracks from Psychic TV, Suzanne Ciani, Raed Yassin, and more.

Accompanying the set is a full-length video of Renata spinning live on vinyl, filmed in Beirut and available to watch on Ruptured’s YouTube channel – see below.

Filming and editing by Anthony Zouein and Rony Khoubieh in Beirut. Tech support by Wicked Solutions.

TRACK LIST:
Psychic TV / Rene Hell / Unidentified members of the Royal Drums Ensemble / Maria Nanemba Muyinda / Evaristo Muyinda / Chants et Danses des Montagnards du Vietnam / Kopolyano Kyobe & Band / Mazen Kerbaj / Senyawa / International Archives of Folk Music: Greeks / Raed Yassin / Jerusalem in My Heart / Vollmaier / Suzanne Ciani / Komeda Quintet / Praed Orchestra / Suzanne Ciani / Snekkestad, Kjaergaard & Jacobson / Clara! Y Maoupa / Jerusalem in My Heart

Ziad Nawfal Mix for Stegi Radio with guest SANDY CHAMOUN // 03 December 2024

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A monthly selection of alternative, ambient and experimental music from Lebanon and the MENA region, selected by music promoter and label owner Ziad Nawfal – this broadcast features a mix by Lebanese musician SANDY CHAMOUN. Originally commissioned by Stegi Radio and produced by Onassis Stegi.

Sandy Chamoun is a multifaceted artist, singer, and actor based in Beirut. Her music draws from her ongoing interest in a wide range of subjects, including audio-visual arts, politics, satire, and folk traditions.

In 2022, Chamoun released her debut solo album, FATA17OCT. She is currently developing her second album, Sawt El Doumoue, commissioned by Mophradat. Beyond her solo work, she is a founding member of two notable musical groups: the political satire band The Great Departed and the free-rock, post-folk sextet SANAM. SANAM’s debut album, Aykathani Malakon, was released in June 2023 on the UK label Mais Um Discos to critical acclaim, followed by the live album Live at Cafe Oto a year later.

Chamoun has also delved into Arabic folk songs with social and political themes. She has performed the works of iconic figures like Sheikh Imam and Mona Meraashli at venues such as Metro Al-Madina in Beirut. As a performer, she has appeared in several acclaimed Lebanese theater productions, including Political Circus, Welada88, and Aghani Servicet (Taxi Songs). Her skills extend to sound design, with credits in short films such as There Is a Baba in Our House by Leil Zahra Mortada and Congress of Idling Persons by Bassem Saad.

TRACK LISTING:

– Anthony Sahyoun feat. Julia Sabra: Wasted Efforts
– Marc Codsi: Fugue 1
– Youmna Saba: Al Khayal
– Kamilya Jubran: Wahdi
– Diamanda Galas: Judgment Day
– Howie Lee: Bankers
– Katibeh Khamseh: Silat Rahem
– Arca: Prada/Rakata
– Malayeen: Omar
– Jerusalem in my Heart: 2asmar Sahar
– Mohamad Omran: Aslamtou Wajhi
– Saint Abdullah: Sounds from the Hosseinieh
– Abdullah Miniawy: Purple Feathers