The COOP approaches sound not as a technical discipline, but as a conceptual practice that traverses storytelling, music, and memory. In collaboration with Radio Alhara, outlets are shared not as ‘complete’ productions, but as fragments, readymade materials, and reflections, extending the COOP’s conversations into wider communities. Radio as a platform also opens sound as a commons: a way of listening collectively across distances.

Key to be buried invites you on a multi-layered stroll across cities, through a speculative story, and into a museum collection. The episode starts with a collective reading of ‘The Key’ by Anwar Hamed, from the science-fiction anthology ‘Palestine +100: Stories from a Century after the Nakba’ , in which twelve Palestinian writers imagine Palestine in the year 2048. It then turns to the Palestinian Museum Collections, and what it means to experience an artwork through its description alone. Through these offerings, the episode reflects on the persistence of Palestinian culture and the ways memory and heritage continue to be preserved despite destruction. From a call to prayer in Nicosia, to a concert on an Istanbul ferry, and from improvised music from London to birds chirping in Oslo; follow the sounds, and let the walk unfold.


This episode is a collaboration between Rana Kelleci, Oliver Turvey, and Asmaa Barkat in collaboration with Radio Alhara.