Haya
Zaatry is a Palestinian singer-songwriter, composer, architect, and researcher
from Nazareth, currently based in Haifa.
Her work blends Arabic songwriting with an indie Levantine cosmic sound, moving between acoustic folk textures and electronic landscapes while weaving feminist decolonial narratives and collective memory.
She is the co-founder of Eljam (2016–2020), a non-profit community initiative dedicated to empowering and amplifying the Palestinian underground live music scene.
With over a decade of work in the independent scene, Haya first gained recognition through her track “Manakir” (2013), later featured in the Netflix series AlRawabi School for Girls, alongside additional songs in its second season, including “Borders & Promises.”
Her debut album Rahawan (2022) explores intimacies of memory, space, gender, and time. The album received critical attention from platforms including Songlines,Bandcamp, and Raseef22, and was supported by the A. M. Qattan Foundation and an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign. Following its release, she toured across historic Palestine and Europe, performing at festivals including Shubbak (London) and SAOT (Berlin).
Haya is currently working on her second album, Atlal, supported by AFAC – the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture and the A. M. Qattan Foundation.
Her work blends Arabic songwriting with an indie Levantine cosmic sound, moving between acoustic folk textures and electronic landscapes while weaving feminist decolonial narratives and collective memory.
She is the co-founder of Eljam (2016–2020), a non-profit community initiative dedicated to empowering and amplifying the Palestinian underground live music scene.
With over a decade of work in the independent scene, Haya first gained recognition through her track “Manakir” (2013), later featured in the Netflix series AlRawabi School for Girls, alongside additional songs in its second season, including “Borders & Promises.”
Her debut album Rahawan (2022) explores intimacies of memory, space, gender, and time. The album received critical attention from platforms including Songlines,Bandcamp, and Raseef22, and was supported by the A. M. Qattan Foundation and an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign. Following its release, she toured across historic Palestine and Europe, performing at festivals including Shubbak (London) and SAOT (Berlin).
Haya is currently working on her second album, Atlal, supported by AFAC – the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture and the A. M. Qattan Foundation.
Haya Zaatry portrait by Maria Zreik, 2025