Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters has collaborated with Palestinian singer Mona Miari on a reimagined version of the band’s classic song Comfortably Numb , dedicating it to the people of Gaza . Released on Thursday, the reimagind track transforms the 1979 rock anthem into a piece on grief, solidarity and resistance. It dials down arena-rock grandeur for sparse acoustics, Arabic vocals and Middle Eastern influences. The song and accompanying short film premiered at NYC’s SVA Theatre. Directed by David Barron, it incorporates footage from Gaza captured by Suhail Nassar and was produced by Yasmin Almokhamad-Sarkisian.




The making of ‘Comfortably Numb Re-Imagined’



Originally released on Pink Floyd’s 1979 album The Wall, Comfortably Numb explores themes of emotional detachment, isolation and escapism through the story of a burnt-out rock star grappling with trauma. In the reimagined version, both Mona Miari and Roger Waters contribute new verses that broaden the song’s emotional and political scope. Miari’s haunting Arabic section, Hind’s Lullaby, is dedicated to six-year-old Hind Rajab and is framed as an imagined exchange between the child and her mother. Waters, meanwhile, adds lyrics that reflect on memory, accountability and the value of human life.