Iraqi artist Kazem Al-Saher has resumed his collaboration with poet Aziz Al-Rassam after a 23-year hiatus, and fans are excited to see Kazim Al-Saher and Aziz Al-Rassam working together again.
with his new song “Ho Anta,” which he released on his official YouTube channel,
as part of his highly anticipated Iraqi album. The song has garnered widespread attention from the public, especially since it
revives an artistic partnership that previously produced works which left a lasting mark on Iraqi and Arab music.
A Story and Humanistic Messages
The song “Ho Anta” features lyrics by poet Aziz Al-Rassam, while Kazem Al-Saher composed the music, presenting it in the Iraqi dialect
and tells an emotional story filled with reproach, betrayal, and regret. The song begins with a direct confrontation with the beloved, as Al-Saher sings:
“It’s you who started my story… It’s you who filled my eyes with tears…,” before the events unfold
to embody feelings of loss, longing, and the attempt to reclaim a love lost over time.
The song’s lyrics also carry a universal message about the consequences of injustice and abandonment, emphasizing that those who hurt others
will ultimately pay the price for their actions, as reflected in the verse: “Those who wrong others will be wronged, those who deprive others will be deprived,
and those who show no mercy will themselves be shown no mercy,” lending the work a deeply moving emotional and humanitarian dimension.
This collaboration takes on special significance because it comes more than two decades after the last project that brought together Kazem Al-Saher and Aziz Al-Rassam,
namely the song “I Walked the Path of Pain,” which was released as part of the album “Barefoot” in 2003.
The new song brings back to the forefront the emotional Iraqi style associated with landmark moments in
“The Caesar’s” career, while also evoking a collaboration considered one of the highlights of his artistic journey.
Who was involved in the production of the song “Ho Anta”
In addition to writing the lyrics, Kazem Al-Saher composed the song, https://x.com/KadimAlSahirORG The musical arrangement was handled by Mahab Al-Rawi,
, who also oversaw the mixing and mastering. A number of musicians participated in the production, including
Hassan Faleh on the qanun, Adel Al-Sharfi on the ney, Amin Al-Fakhanani on the guitar, and Haitham Al-Hadrami on the oud,
while Safaa Gharib provided the percussion, and Ehab Nabil handled the sound engineering, with Jason Barreto overseeing the recording engineering.
An integrated team was involved in producing the song, with Sam Sadawi serving as production coordinator,
Wissam Al-Saher contributed to music production, and Third Culture Entertainment
handled executive production, lending the work a high level of artistic and technical quality.
The release of “Ho Anta” is part of Kazem Al-Saher’s plan to release songs from his new Iraqi album sequentially,
after he decided to postpone the release of the entire album due to the circumstances in the region. Al-Saher had
previously released the songs “Ila Ajibak” and “Mata?”, and will continue to unveil the rest of the album’s tracks in the coming period,
in a move aimed at keeping his audience constantly engaged with his latest artistic work.
