“Find Out” Why We Love Abby Ahmad’s Latest Music Video [Premiere]

The worlds of Western and Eastern music are on a direct collision course on singer and songwriter Abby Ahmad’s brand new single “Find Out.” The NYC-based artist has debuted her brand new music video for the song, devised, directed, and edited entirely by Ahmad herself. The clip pays special tribute to her heritage, as she can be seen wearing a Palestinian thobe passed down to her by her paternal grandmother. She can also be seen interacting with Matryoshka nesting dolls, given by her Eastern European Jewish maternal grandmother. The song itself was influenced heavily by kirtan chants and Middle Eastern and South Asian classical music. It’s all very representative of who Ahmad is as an artist, a young woman who grew up in rural Pennsylvania on classic American folk and singer-songwriters su...

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