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Bringing the power of music to our fight for clean air in South Asia
A Song for Saafhawa©
A Song for Saafhawa©
Bringing the power of music to our fight for clean air in South Asia
On the International Day for Clean Air and Blue Skies, September 7, 2022, AirQualityAsia released an inspirational anthem for the clean air movement for one of the most polluted hotspots on the planet, South Asia.
The anthem, titled Saafhawa, is linked to the UN BreatheLife campaign and reaches out to the wider South Asian citizens through evocative lyrics and music by some of the region’s most celebrated music artists.
A Song for Saafhawa© - Bringing the power of music to our fight for clean air in South Asia
Home to over 1.85 billion people, South Asia is the world’s most populated region, comprising middle and lower-middle income countries with similar pollution sources that share a regional air-shed.
While Air quality management is addressed within the geographical boundaries of cities and countries, impacts of global warming are acutely affecting the entire region with increasing heatwaves, devastating floods, cyclones. South Asia’s common challenge to tackle high emissions to reduce both air pollution and climate change are shared problems that require shared solutions.
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About the Artists
Shantanu Moitra is the music composer/producer of the song. Zeb Bangash is lead vocalist, Mir Ali Husain is lyricist, Layth Sidiq added violin/strings.
Shantanu Moitra
“Climate change is real. Having travelled on many of my adventures in the Himalayas I see the change. That’s why Saafhawa© is a very important campaign. It’s a clarion call to make everyone aware that clean air is our fundamental right. I am glad I could contribute to Saafhawa© by creating this song.”
Zeb Bangash
“With the disastrous floods in my country, clearly climate change presents a future of consequences to be borne by our children. Saafhawa© is a heartfelt ode to Clean Air written and rendered as a love song. I am extremely happy that I could be the voice for Saafhawa©.”
Mir Ali Husain
“The truth is - clean air is our Birthright”
Layth Sidiq
“Artists are ambassadors for positive change, and I hope that this song will bring that positive change.”
Shazia Rafi, Convener, AirQualityAsia
“For governments to take the painful steps to rolling back a pollution-based industrial model, civic momentum is essential. I thought of US environmental movement; the music of Joni Mitchell, John Denver that galvanized the nation leading to the 1970s Clean Air Act; a strong EPA. From that the idea of Saafhawa© was born.”
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Music/Video Credits:
Composer: Shantanu Moitra
Vocalist: Zebunnisa Bangash
Lyrics: Mir Ali Husain
Violin: Layth Sidiq
Music Producer: George Joseph
Mixed & Mastered by: Hopun Saikia
Song Concept: Shazia Z Rafi
Translation: Mir Ali Husain
Videography Directors: Parasher Baruah, Hashim Ali
Photography: Taseer Ali
Cover Photo: Rubenstein Rebello
Visuals: AVA Films, Ethical Sector Communications, SK Films
Subtitles: JR Media House
Hair & Make Up: Qasim Liaqat
Communications, locations: Dorota Piotrowska-Pelka, Vishnu Iyer, Shamsher
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