SAYROURA (Becoming) poetry, music, spoken word open mic fundraiser

SAYROURA (Becoming)

An evening of sharing poetry, spoken word and music at Darat Falesteen.

One day I will become what I want

One day I will become a poet,

water will be my vision’s subject, and my language

a metaphor for metaphor. I’d neither say nor point

to a place. Place is my sin and pretext.

I come from there. My here leaps

from my steps to my imagination…

I am who I was and who I will be,

the endless vast space makes me

and destroys me

One day I will become what I want

— Mahmoud Darwish, Mural

Sayroura (صيرورة) is the Arabic word for becoming. It describes the movement from one state to another, a continuous process of transformation without necessarily arriving at a fixed destination.

What remains of us through change? What do we inherit, what do we resist, and what might we imagine beyond the limits of the present? What takes shape when familiar ways of being are called into question?

Becoming can be an act of remembrance, of rupture, of refusal or of re-creation. It can speak to individual experience or to our collective imagination of what might yet be possible.

For this open mic, we’re inviting poets, writers, musicians and anyone with something they’d like to share.

Bring your own poetry, writing, spoken word or music, or a poem or piece of writing by someone else that you’d like to read aloud. Whether it’s something you’ve written recently, a piece you’ve held onto for years, or words by a writer you love, we’d like to hear it.

The event will also be a social, with food and drink, with all proceeds in support of our fundraiser.

This is a fundraiser for Yousef and his family. Yousef is a young poet from Gaza, currently in Egypt. All proceeds from the evening will go towards supporting him and his family.

Youssef Hassan is a Palestinian writer from Gaza, now displaced in Egypt with his family of four.

On 7 October 2023, his house was bombed. His older brother was killed. Since then he has lost his girlfriend, his friends, his home, his pets, his car, and his country. In 2024, before the Rafah crossing closed, he evacuated to Egypt with his family, where they have no legal status: unable to work, unable to access services, dependent on him.

He kept writing through all of it. His book, From Hell To Heaven, chronicles life in Gaza before and after 7 October, the evacuation, and survival in Egypt. His poetry and stories are on his page, written from the middle of it.

He is raising funds to study abroad in 2027, build a career, and provide for his family

To take part in the open mic, send us a DM/ or answer relevant Q while RSVPing with your name and what you’d like to share.

You’re equally welcome to come along and listen, enjoy the performances and support the fundraiser.

"سأصير يوما ما أريد"

محمود درويش

صيرورة في دارة فلسطين هي أمسية فنية وثقافية تجمع الشعر والموسيقى.

في العربية تنبئنا الصيرورة بالانتقال من حال إلى حال ومن تحول من شيء الى آخر. الصيرورة هي الحراك المستمر للذات والأشياء و هي التغيير المستمر الذي لا يعني النهاية أو الوصول بالضرورة. الصيرورة هي انعكاس لكل ما هو متغير، اا منته ولديمومة التقلب.

في الدارة نفحص معا ماذا تعني الصيرورة لنا، كيف تكون متحولة وغير ثابتة؟ وماذا يبقى حين يكون كل شيء معرض لإعادة النظر فيه والتغير؟ ماذا يقاوم التغير وماذا يلين له وماذا نتخيل بعد هذا التغير ان يكون شكلنا وشكل الاشياء من حولنا.

يمكن للصيرورة أن تكون فعلا للتذكر، للتمزق وللرفض واعادة الخلق. ولها أن تكون فعلا فرديا أو وصفا عاما للحياة او المخيلة الجمعية لما نود أن نكونه وما نود أن يكون في مستقبلنا.

في هذه الامسية ندعوكن وندعوكم لاستكشاف هذه الاسئلة من خلال الشعر والكلمات والموسيقى. تعالوا ومعكن موادكن المكتوبة، القصائد التي عاشت معكم دهرا طويلا وظلت في الذاكرة، أغنية او قطعة موسيقية أو عمل ما زال في طور التحضير. لا يشترط للاعمال أن تكون متعلقة مباشرة بعنوان الأمسية

أمسية للتبادل والتعارف و الاجتماع وتبادل الطعام و فرصة للقاء اشخاص جدد وسماع اصوات جديدة . كل ما يتم ربحه من الامسية سيكون لدعم يوسف وعائلته. يوسف هو شاعر من فزة في مقتبل العمر موجود حاليا في مصر.

للمشاركة اتركوا لنا رسالة باسمكم واسم المادة التي ترغبون بالمساهمة بها