#22 Meet Ahmed Eid, musician and founder of the Palestine Music Space 🪭

Hello June 🌞

Hope you’re all doing well! ❤️

In this edition, I’m happy to give the floor to Ahmed Eid, a Palestinian musician whose songs weave together themes of identity, resistance, hope, and freedom. He is also the founder of the Palestine Music Space in Ramallah (Palestine), a free creative space dedicated to nurturing emerging talent through learning, collaboration, recording, and artistic experimentation. His work reflects the power of music not only as a form of expression, but also as a tool for community and cultural resilience.

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Ahmed Eid is a Palestinian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and cultural storyteller whose work explores themes of origin, resistance, hope, and freedom. He weaves Arabic musical traditions with global influences into a distinctive and deeply personal sound shaped by his life between Palestine and Europe.

He is also the founder of Palestine Music Space in Ramallah, a free community music hub and an act of cultural activism dedicated to nurturing the next generation of Palestinian artists by providing access to rehearsal rooms, recording facilities, mentorship, and creative resources.

What does it mean for you to make music as a Palestinian artist in today’s context?

Making music as a Palestinian artist today means, for me, finding a way to look at the world through different eyes in the middle of an unjust world. It becomes a tool to create a parallel reality. One that is more just, more human, and more hopeful than the one we live in. For me, making music creates a space to live in that parallel reality and to share it with listeners, inviting them to dream again, and hopefully to turn that imagination into movement and action for change.

What’s your music about? What are the messages you try to convey?

Writing music is a way of documenting both my personal experiences and the collective experiences of my community. It reflects life in a region shaped by decades of imperial and Zionist oppression, and explores the tension between how we see the world and how the world sees us.

My most recent album ‘’min ghazzeh la baghdad, min haifa la beirut’’, which I am currently touring with my band, was written during the ongoing genocide in Palestine. It emerged from three emotions I was carrying at the same time: grief, anger, and hope, serving as a way to bear witness to, and process, this extremely difficult chapter of Palestinian life.

You created the Palestinian Music Space in Ramallah (Palestine). How would you introduce it to someone hearing about it for the first time? What happens inside the space on a typical day? 

The Palestine Music Space in Ramallah began as a teenage dream I had during the Second Intifada. I dreamt of a room filled with instruments like drums, bass, and electric guitar, where I could simply hang out with friends and live out the “teenage rockstar dream”.

After years of experience as a musician and as a person, I decided to turn that vision into a real place for the generations after me. Today, it functions as a free creative hub where young musicians and bands can take part in workshops on songwriting, arrangement, production, and music management, join regular jam sessions, and work on recordings in the studio, which is active with daily creative production.

What does “activism” mean to you in your work as a musician?

Activism takes many forms, and for me, music is the language I feel most at home in. It is the medium through which I try to amplify the realities of Palestinians and other oppressed communities, both in the songs I write and in the stories I carry.

It also extends into my work with the Palestine Music Space, where creating free spaces for young people is essential, spaces where they can exist, express themselves, and document their reality through music, while also being able to imagine and live with a more hopeful perspective.

What kind of legacy do you hope this space will leave for the next generation?

The most important and beautiful thing for me is that the Palestine Music Space has become a living community with a shared identity and a shared sense of hope in a very difficult world. First and foremost, it’s about young people having access to such a space and just being in it, using it, and growing through it.

Over time, I hope it leaves a legacy of what is possible when people create free, independent spaces for each other, built from the community, for the community, and independent from imperial/colonial structures. I already see how much impact it is having on the music scene in Palestine, and I hope that continues to grow and inspire similar initiatives elsewhere.

UPCOMING EVENT:
Ahmed Eid’s album release party @90MIL (Berlin) on the 12th of June https://tzkrti.com/en/events/3295

CONNECT WITH AHMED:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ahmedeidmusic/ & https://www.instagram.com/thepalestinemusicspace/
Website:

Wednesday, June 3rd
𖦹 The Cosmic Brew: Bring your Horoscopes & Jen will bring the tea!! Discuss the current transits and get insight into what is going on personally and collectively.
⏰ From 6:00 PM to 08:00 PM 📍Deep Blue Studio 💰 15€
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𖦹 Triloka - Immersive Live Ambient Sound Journey: An augmented sonic experience through the interaction of live acoustic and electronic instruments for meditative explorations.
⏰ From 7:30 PM to 09:30 PM 📍Genezareth Church 💰 22,49€
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Thursday, June 4th
𖦹 Indigenous Leadership at the Frontline: The session will bring together Indigenous leaders from Brazil and Peru, civil society actors and institutional partners for keynote interventions, a panel discussion and audience Q&A.
⏰ From 10:00 AM to 11:30 PM 📍Betahaus 💰 Free
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𖦹 Open Mic Arabic Open Mic: Poetry, music, storytelling, comedy, singing…anything you want on the mic
⏰ From 7:30 PM 📍J I W A R 💰 from 5€
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𖦹 Wild Silent: A Shakuhachi Concert with Robin Ryugo Tamura: Expect meditative and transcendental soundscapes, deep stillness, breath, mystery, primordial textures, and moments of wild expression.
⏰ From 8:00 PM 📍 Teeraum Sanvian 💰 18€
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Friday, June 5th
𖦹 Shibari for Beginners: This drop-in class for absolute beginners offers a welcoming introduction to the foundations of shibari, exploring both the technical craft of rope and its potential for connection, movement, and play.
⏰ From 7:00 PM to 10:00PM 📍Daruma 💰 from 35€
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Saturday, June 6th
𖦹 Women's Singing & Movement Circle: An Outdoor Event to sing, breath and build authentic connections to your voice and to others.
⏰ From 10:30 AM to 12:30PM 📍Viktoriapark 💰 Donation-based (minimum 10€)
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𖦹 Wild Wise: Seasonal Foraging & Plant Lore Tours: A seasonal foraging walk that combines wild plant identification, folklore, and folk medicine, helping participants deepen their connection to the land while discovering the unique plants and stories each season reveals.
⏰ From 02:00 PM to 04:00PM 📍Südkreuz 💰 45€
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Sunday, June 7th
𖦹 Breathing Concerts: After a sold-out tour across the Netherlands, the Breathing Concert arrives in Berlin for an immersive evening of collective breathwork and live 432Hz music. Led by Adrian Kuipers and featuring the mesmerizing overtone singing of Anna-Maria Hefele, this unique experience invites participants to slow down, connect, and share a powerful moment of presence and intention.
⏰ Doors open at 6:30 PM 📍Passionskirche 💰 55€ (11% off with the code theberlinflow11)
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𖦹 Sundays in Pyjamas: Come for a cozy afternoon of bubbling drinks, live music and artisan foods. Feel free to come in your choicest pyjamas and don’t forget your slippers and robes!
⏰ From 3:00 PM to 10:00 PM 📍Edible Alchemy 💰 Free
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Wednesday, June 10th
𖦹 A Journey in Song with Genevieve & Milo and Astra Laguna: This intimate gathering brings together South African duos Genevieve & Milo and Astra Laguna for a rich sonic experience rooted in healing, presence, and nature. Through soulful vocals, percussion, sacred songs, and meditative soundscapes, the evening invites you into a space of reflection, singing, dancing, and shared community.
⏰ From 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM 📍Genezareth Church 💰 From 22,49€
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Friday, June 12th
𖦹 Ahmed Eid and band - LIVE + special guests: Community bazaars, hangout, food, workshops, Ahmed Eid Berlin Album release Show, Dance party with Al.Berlin, House of Grace and more (part of profits will be donated to the Palestine Music Space).
⏰ From 4:00 PM to 4:00 AM 📍90MIL 💰 from 15€
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𖦹 Relating in the Dark: This immersive workshop invites participants to explore Authentic Relating, conscious touch, and movement meditation through blindfolded practices that heighten awareness and deepen connection. By removing visual cues, it creates space to turn inward and engage more fully with sensation, presence, and authentic expression.
⏰ From 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM 📍UHU Berlin 💰 from 27€
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Sunday, June 14th
𖦹 Dream Healing Circle – When the Soul Dreams: A monthly Dream Circle where participants explore their dreams in a supportive, sacred space through shamanic journeying and therapeutic dreamwork to uncover meaning, release emotional patterns, and transform inner experiences into insight and healing.
⏰ From 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM 📍TBA 💰 25€
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Wednesday, June 17th
𖦹 Spirit Portraits - Physical Mediumship with Smoke Cards: Learn how to create smoke cards using candle soot as a method of Instrumental Trans-Communication and explore the images that may emerge. In a guided group session, you’ll practice the technique, reflect on interpretations, and take part in a shared experiential exercise.
⏰ From 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM📍Suspiria Bar 💰 15-25€
Register here (DM Marc to join)

Sacred immersion of deep healing, prayer and growth, with indigenous teachers from the the Huni Kuin ancestral lineage.
Shane, Ayani and Maxi will guide us and hold space for us with strength and love.
Their voices will transport us to new understandings and expansion of our hearts.

When: We will gather in the peaceful surroundings of Berlin (accessible with train), on July 10-12th.

If you feel the deep call of transformation in your heart, please reach out to receive more detailed information 🐍❤️

You can reserve your spot and ask questions to Shannon:
📞 +32476708065 or Telegram
📧 [email protected]

I’m Sabrina Jeblaoui, a French coach, portrait and documentary photographer, interviewer, community builder, intuitive singer, dreamer, and founder of this newsletter. I’ve been living in Berlin for the past nice years (already!).

At the heart of everything, my mission is all about connection: connection to others on a deep and authentic level. I love creating online and offline spaces where people can meet, feel heard & seen, and express themselves freely.

My dream is to help build a new world, create spiritual communities where people support one another, share their gifts, and grow together in a spirit of care, presence, and collective awakening.

Thank you for being part of the tribe! 🪶

💌 Love from Berlin,
Sabrina Jeblaoui