Rotana Tarabzouni is a Saudi and Palestinian recording artist, songwriter, actor and somatic facilitator. Most recently FADWA in We Live in Cairo at New York Theater Workshop. Rotana premiered her musical one-woman show Alien of Extraordinary Ability at FORM Festival and IAMA theater. “Rotana delivered one of the most spine-tingling performances of the entire FORM festival” -GQ Magazine
Named BBC’s 100 most powerful women, Rotana’s art uses art as ritual to explore the erotic, life, death, cultural bondage and the dance between these elements. In 2023, Rotana released a full-length meditation album ‘Opening’ with Grammy-nominated producers, Superposition. In 2024, Rotana released her second EP and short film IBQI directed by award-winning filmmaker Mayar Hamdan.