Mourad Youssef Bouajaja · Songwriter & producer
Songs about distance,
lineage, and home.
From Sfax to Pennsylvania — and back, in the records. I write and produce in English, Arabic, French, and Spanish, sometimes inside one verse. The songs are personal. The traditions they carry are older than I am.
⌘ A note
I grew up in Sfax,
between two seas and a tradition
called Malouf — مالوف —
music older than the country it's from.
Then I left.
The records are about that.
⌘ Selected releases
The work,
so far.
⌘ The short version
Tunisian-American songwriter and producer. Born in Sfax, based in Pennsylvania.
The records borrow from Andalusi-Malouf, French chanson, North African pop, and the kind of American songwriting that doesn't apologize for getting personal.
The thread between them all: distance, the people who make us, and what we keep when we leave.
⌘ Wherever you listen
Press play somewhere.
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