Kefaya & Elaha Soroor Release New Single "Masoma" Ahead of Forthcoming Album “OUR FREEDOMS MUST BE WON”, Out July 17

Award-winning musical collaborators Kefaya & Elaha Soroor are today releasing their new single “Masoma”, the third and last single of their forthcoming album “Our Freedoms Must Be Won – Azadi Kho Bigri, out July 17 via Radio International / Absolute.

“Masoma” is a deeply personal yet political song built around lyrics written by Elaha Soroor for her sister Masoma, from whom she has been separated for more than a decade. Emerging from the collective writing process at the heart of Kefaya & Elaha Soroor, the track reflects on the human cost of borders, displacement and forced separation, turning a personal story into a wider reflection on migration, exile and belonging.

Driven by hypnotic guitars, folk-inspired rhythms, layered analogue synths and a slow-building intensity that culminates in an epic finale, the music mirrors the emotional weight of the lyrics, embodying both grief and resilience while giving voice to the experiences of separation shared by millions across the world.

Expanding on the stark reality behind the track, the band shared:

“This song speaks to the systems that criminalise migration and produce separation as a structural condition in people’s lives. We feel it is especially important to speak about this at a time when migrants and refugees are being demonised and used as a scapegoat for wider systemic failures.”

Listen to “Masoma” HERE

Pre-save/pre-order “ Our Freedoms Must Be Won” HERE

Our Freedoms Must Be Won is both Kefaya and Soroor's most ambitious and most urgent work to date. The music is restless and searching — polyrhythms, immersive synthesisers, and trance-inducing grooves create a sonic landscape that feels simultaneously ancient and acutely contemporary.

Our Freedoms Must Be Won does not flinch from naming what it sees: War, genocide, displacement, and mass violence are understood here not as aberrations but as mechanisms — ways that systems maintain themselves by breaking communities apart.

" We are living through a moment where systems of power are visibly under strain and maintaining hegemony increasingly takes authoritarian and fascistic forms that attempt to divide and alienate communities. War, genocide, displacement and mass violence are not exceptions to this system, but part of how it maintains and protects itself. The album speaks of exile, migration and separation, of resistance and survival, and of the collective responsibility it takes to keep moving through all of that. Freedom here is not abstract. It is collective, fragile, and it must be won."

The album's grooves are communal by design, built for bodies moving together. Its lyrics insist on shared responsibility. Its sound refuses borders.

Our Freedoms Must Be Won follows their critically acclaimed album Songs of Our Mothers (Bella Union), which won the 2020 Songlines Award for Best Fusion Album, and continues the band's mission to push the boundaries of global music.

Kefaya is the London-based trio of Giuliano Modarelli, Al MacSween, and Joost Hendrickx, known for their boundary-breaking approach to global sounds, jazz, and socially conscious music.

They reunite here with Elaha Soroor, a pioneering Hazara singer whose voice conveys both profound emotional depth and unflinching power. Soroor rose to prominence as a finalist on Afghanistan's Afghan Star and made history as the first female Hazara singer to perform on Afghan television. She has since appeared on BBC Farsi, Al Jazeera, and numerous Persian media outlets.

Kefaya & Elaha Soroor will bring Our Freedoms Must Be Won – Azadi Kho Bigri to the stage for a headline London show on September 20th at The Lower Third — their first major live presentation of the album in full.

London Show Tickets & Bundles here

Upcoming Tour & Festival dates:

• 23 May 2026 - UK Scotland - Galloway, S.W. - Knockengorroch Festival
• 16 July 2026 - Germany - Stuttgart - Sommerfestival der Kulturen
• 28 July 2026 - Switzerland - Thun - Am Schluss
• 04 September 2026 - Germany - Hamburg - Hastam Festival
• 10 September 2026 - Norway - Trondheim - Transform Festival
• 20 September 2026 – London – The Lower Third - Tickets & Bundles here

Our Freedoms Must Be Won is set to be released on July 17th via Radio International / Absolute.

1. Our Freedoms Must Be Won – Azadi Kho Bigri

2. A Bright Gaze – Negahe Roshan

3. The Game – Bazi

4. I Ran & Ran (Leaving Crumbs) – Davidam

5. Coo of the Pigeon, Song of the Willow – Cococo Barge Chenar

6. Cold & Heavy – Sardo Sangin

7. Masoma (intro)

8. Masoma

9. The Snail – Halazon

10. A Modest Wish – Arezoie Kochak

ABOUT KEFAYA & ELAHA SOROOR

Kefaya & Elaha Soroor have cultivated an international following through live performance, collaboration, and word of mouth rather than major-label promotion. Their music has surpassed 2.5 million streams, with audiences expanding across Europe and beyond. Their online presence includes over 14,000 Spotify listeners, 13,000 Facebook followers, and more than 91,000 Instagram followers on Elaha’s personal account.

Their work has been supported by leading broadcasters and tastemakers, including sync placement on Channel 4’s We Are Lady Parts, live sessions on BBC Radio 3 (World on 3) and BBC Radio 4 (Loose Ends), and airplay from Gilles Peterson, Mary Anne Hobbs, Worldwide FM, and NTS. Their releases have earned four- and five-star reviews from The Guardian, Uncut, Mojo, Financial Times, Songlines, Jazzwise, Evening Standard, and Times of India.

Fierce, innovative, and unapologetically political, Kefaya & Elaha Soroor continue to carve out a space where artistic experimentation meets revolutionary spirit—proving that music is not only a form of expression but also a catalyst for change.