In the multimedia album Ya Ghorbati | Divas in Exile, singer Laura Elkeslassy excavates the music and stories of Judeo-Arab divas from mid-century North Africa. Developed in collaboration with music director Ira Khonen Temple, the album weaves together North African Jewish folk and sacred music, spanning from traditional Andalusi style, to popular Chaabi, to Francarabe cabaret. The project looks across time and space to tell a tale of political upheaval, exile and displacement, ultimately questioning the supposed binary of Arab and Jew.