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Sonic Traces: From the Arab World – Release
This limited vinyl offers music, sounds and noises from the Arab World: Propaganda music by political groups and clans, psychedelic Arabic Rock from the late 1960s and 1970s, the noises of bombs and...
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On the occidental perception of Sha3byton
The swiss DJ Phil Battiekh is one of the first to import Electro-Sha3by/Shaaby/Chaabi from Egypt to Europe. In his essay he reflects about the occidental perception, fictitious causalities by the...
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Electro Sha’abi: Autotune-Rebels in Cairo
Mahragan is the digital version of Sha'abi, the popular party sound of Cairo's satellite suburbs. The lyrics talk about banalities of everyday life and revolution-weariness – in biting sarcasm and with...
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5. Norient Musikfilm Festival 2014
Das 5. Norient Musikfilm Festival findet vom 9.1-11.1.2014 in Bern statt. Norient hat aus rund 80 Filmen acht ausgewählt. Zahlreiche Regisseure, Musikerinnen und DJ sind an das Festival eingeladen. Im...
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Safely Mocking the Islamic State
Sha‘ban ‘Abd al-Rahim is the most famous Egyptian singer to comment on politics in the contemporary era. His political statements impress fans. Egyptian governments, however, have treated him as a...
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