On February sixth, a violent, 7.8 magnitude earthquake devastated Turkey and Syria, killing over 50,000 folks and leaving hundreds of thousands with out water, shelter or meals.
Now, Skrillex has partnered with OXFAM Worldwide to drive donations for the aid group’s emergency response fund, offering victims with clear water, meals, medical care, hygiene kits and different catastrophe aid necessities.
The music video for “XENA,” a monitor that includes Nai Barghouti, units a backdrop for a strong sequence of scenes whereby ladies resist and overcome violence by means of music, dance and emotion. They in the end reveal their inherent nature to struggle for freedom and the fitting to discover and specific themselves, particularly within the face of hate.
“The movie is round feminine ardour/rage, liberation, duality of tradition, freedom of selection and resistance,” defined the video’s director, Amara Abbas. “It’s in regards to the ladies who’re main revolution in methods which are designed towards them…it’s about what this motion represents, what these younger ladies symbolize—and what they encourage.”
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“Not loads of us have skilled being in areas the place such intense occasions have occurred and the bones of what has occurred continues to be very a lot there,” Abbas continues. “This movie is, not directly, the phoenix second of ladies who’re dwelling this actuality.”
The outline of the “XENA” video features a donation hyperlink to help victims of the Turkey-Syria earthquake. You’ll be able to donate to OXFAM Worldwide’s aid efforts right here.
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