Elena Yaqubee is a musician and an activist who has been searching for a home since she was born. After experiencing the effects of war, injustice, and oppression in her native Afghanistan, Elena fled her homeland for Iran, then traveled from Iran to Turkey, from Turkey to Greece, and from Greece to Germany. She traveled mainly by foot and by way of small illegal rubber boats. She recently applied for asylum in Germany and she is still looking for her home. Over the last few years, Elena has devoted herself to music, which has helped her to make sense of her life and express her feelings through the magic art of vibration which has empowered her to share her voice, her experiences, and her complicated journey. Not only do her poetry and music speak to Elena’s own life experiences, but they also speak on behalf of countless others, narrating the bitter realities shared by forgotten humans in voiceless countries.

My Dreams Still Fly

The first sparkle of her artistic path started with My Dreams Still Fly. This song is originated from her long journey, and reflects on the refugee’s experience: “She passed through the dark mountains and deserts, she left them behind. She passed through the barbed wires of the borders, She left them behind”. The song was written in Lesvos, Greece while she was waiting for her freedom and for the papers which would allow her to travel to her next destination.

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