Guirab means bagpipe in arab, band started in 1989 in Palestine.
Guirab live in Burj al-Shamali, a Palestinian refugee camp located in Southern Lebanon on the outskirts of the city of Tyre. Upwards of 20 000 refugees reside in the camp, which is one of Lebanon’s most impoverished camps. Burj al-Shamali like other camps in the southsuch as Rashidieh Camp is home to cases of extreme poverty, thousands of camp residents are essentially homeless, residing in make-shift shelters with zinc roofing, without basic plumbing, water supply and little income. The refugees residing in Burj al-Shamali were forced from their homeland Palestine through the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. Burj al-Shamali camp is a deteriorating ghetto as many of the housing structures within the camp remain destroyed after the 15 year civil-war.For more information on Burj al-Shamali refugee camp : www.burjalshamali.net
Guirab in Interceltic Festival from Lorient (pdf)
Tv news France 3 Bretagne (video)
Presentation of Burj Al-Shamali Center (pps)
Guirab, le plus oriental des bagadoù
One night in Lanester (video)
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