We are
Meem
collective
Meem is a collective of award winning composers, sound designers, and theater artirts who are passionately dedicated to craft. We have two departments: Meem Music + Sound Design, offering our music services to clients and collaborators across multiple mediums (film, TV, gaming, dance, art installation, theater/live perfomance and more) and Meem Theater, creating original theater work that centers MENA/SWANA narratives. Meem is co-founded by Bahar Royaee and Amal Bisharat.
م
The letter Meem(م), shared by both Arabic and Persian alphabets, is shaped in the likeness of a cosmic vessel, carrying the mystery of the universe—its curved head and upright body enclosing secrets. Its soft “mm” sound, formed with closed lips––a gesture of silence, emotion, and the untold—yet sonically affirmed. In Sufi mysticism, the Companions of Meem (م) were seekers of hidden knowledge and esoteric truths. Meem(م) marks the path of inner transformation: the space between utterance and stillness, where meanings are felt beyond words. Like “Mime” in Western performance art, Meem(م) unfolds through what remains unspoken. And, echoing the modern notion of a “meme,” Meem is a transmitter of cultural memory—replicated, reimagined, and passed on.