KHAWA NAWA
✷The story behind the name✷
It is a well-known Jordanian term, from unknown origins and its triple meaning is still controversial, but it is used by the entire region. It is used by the old and the young, the young and the old, with hardly any social class escaping its huge influence...
We find the young child picking it up as if it was beginning to show muscles and show his aggression... When one of his toys was retrieved from being stolen, after he had been playing, when he took it back again he said ...KHAWA... with the right hand clenched and moving it over the palm of the left as if it were a mill grinding grains... even if it happened and its owner retrieved it with help. He may say ...KHAWA NAWA... Perhaps he would add to it by sticking his tongue out “mocking or gloating” at them...
A term that means obtaining something, or doing something, maybe without compensation or effort, but obtaining it against the will of the world and the people, yet still doing it right, because we do live life Khawa anyway, right?
“Khawa” was a way of living that was compatible with the harsh conditions of life in Levant, and in light of this, social values emerged that reflected this reality. Perhaps Khawa was the most prominent social value, as it reflected the size of the strength, equipment, and numbers of the tribes and individuals, eventually our art couldn’t escape its lasting influence.
This started more than a hundred years ago.
By: Prof. Dr. Anees Al-Khasawneh
✷Khawa's vision is to inspire rising and underground artists to not care about the industrial construct of how electronic genres should sound and to recreate music that represents you more than what it is, from the heart to the heart without barriers, ya3ni Khawa.
E7na Deconstructed by the noises and the social context of our surrounding environments through an Eastern soul rhythm and poetry.
The imprint focuses on art and artists from the Middle East and renowned artists worldwide. We host Label Nights, showcasing our sound and music from the label alongside bringing local artists into our lineups. To shed light on underground artists and aim to push them further. Recently we started sharing collected items only through our store A733.
We are an independent electronic art label.
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Made in Amman, based in Berlin
