As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

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As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow Playlist

by Zoulfa Katouh

20 tracks

balanced

Nov 2, 2026

2 mixes for this book

This playlist moves from the close, suspended unease of a city under siege into the urgency of medical work, then toward the fragile intimacy and hope Salama tries to protect. Syrian and wider Middle Eastern voices sit alongside spacious instrumental pieces, with songs chosen to echo Homs, displacement, memory, and the courage of ordinary people without turning the story’s suffering into spectacle.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Lemon Tree

Fools Garden · Dish of the Day

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2

Nearer My God to Thee

The Piano Guys · The Piano Guys

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3

November

Max Richter · Memoryhouse

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4

Light Through The Veins

Jon Hopkins · Insides

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5

saman

Ólafur Arnalds · re:member

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6

The Last of the Mohicans

Trevor Jones · My Wonderland

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7

Home

C418 · Excursions

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8

Ya Rayah

Rachid Taha · Tekitoi?

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9

A Change Is Gonna Come

Sam Cooke · Ain't That Good News

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10

People Have the Power

Patti Smith · Dream Of Life

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11

Freedom (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

Beyoncé · Lemonade

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12

Warchild

The Cranberries · To The Faithful Departed

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13

Little Wonders - Radio Version

Rob Thomas · Little Wonders

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14

My Silver Lining

First Aid Kit · Stay Gold

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15

Homeward Bound

Simon & Garfunkel · Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

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16

Breathe Me

Sia · Colour The Small One

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17

Your Hand in Mine

Explosions In The Sky · The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place

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18

Near Light

Ólafur Arnalds · Living Room Songs

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19

Una Mattina

Ludovico Einaudi · Una Mattina

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20

Experience

Ludovico Einaudi · In A Time Lapse

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