"It's a brave person who takes on the repertoire of two legendary artists, especially when they are from such different styles as Lebanese singer Fairouz and French chanteuse Barbara. Here, Dorsaf Hamdani is that person ... Hamdani trained to sing malouf music from her native Tunisia, but has expertise in many styles from around the Arab world as well as French, Persian and jazz music, all of which give her the skills to work her voice around, through and between the songs and styles of her heroes with ease ... It is when the styles blend that Hamdani and her musicians create their best music, and the musical creation of a hypothetical meeting between Barbara and Fairouz is what makes this album more artistically and musically interesting than just a set of covers".
