'Lori'- A Dance Performance

Aranyani presents 'Lori' at Sabha on the 20th of June 2025. Lori is based on a 1981 poem by the well known world poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz. It is a devastating depiction of a person who witnesses a series of air strikes in a safe zone in Palestine. Amidst the carnage and destruction, are the mutilated corpses of an entire family – a mother, father, a young boy and his elder sister. As she grieves, she hears the muffled cry of a child coming from underneath a pile of bodies. As she pulls the child out, she embraces the child and sings him a lullaby, trying to distract the little one from the horrific scene in front of them.

Lori is presented as a part of IDGC's ongoing campaign to speak up for the innocent children in Gaza, who have been mercilessly killed over the past 19 months in unprecendented…