Mohammed Abdel Wahab
The album features a mixture of original compositions and reworkings of older songs from the 1930s and 1940s, including songs by the Egyptian composer Mohammed Abdel Wahab and the singer Leila Mourad. It also includes the song "Hal", which Hamdan performs in the vampire film "Only Lovers Left Alive" (2013), directed by Jim Jarmusch. Hamdan wrote the song for the film; the lyrics concern a woman who complains about "a vampirising love affair".