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Northwest arkansasTed Swedenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.comBlogger1340125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-25064979057422273412024-03-18T08:47:00.001-05:002024-03-18T08:47:05.344-05:00#kufiyaspotting againI'm gonna try to get back to logging kufiya related incidents. Kufiya wearing has really blown up since October 7 (no pun intended), and I've been overwhelmed by the sheer volume of material. But here is a start. Did this really happen? Who knows, but it the report is indicative of a wider trend. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7fYGkQ54IcWxnezvMKUlJWsOHPAF1AXen98DLGfZ3gyLcJ_jsdfOvzDx1HXVJqh5Lpj7FtBucTCmb3e68oIoQQ3DNoJAM6DE0bEt5mP6SoJcOL4wTx-LKbanylTHR0Jcv8UxTh4IrkJc27JMhJA5Gf6Q16nQaL1efyjzvFBN1Kq-r3SzS5A/s1168/Screenshot%202024-03-18%20at%208.43.53%20AM.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="1168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7fYGkQ54IcWxnezvMKUlJWsOHPAF1AXen98DLGfZ3gyLcJ_jsdfOvzDx1HXVJqh5Lpj7FtBucTCmb3e68oIoQQ3DNoJAM6DE0bEt5mP6SoJcOL4wTx-LKbanylTHR0Jcv8UxTh4IrkJc27JMhJA5Gf6Q16nQaL1efyjzvFBN1Kq-r3SzS5A/s400/Screenshot%202024-03-18%20at%208.43.53%20AM.png"/></a></div>Ted Swedenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-52434802745073350992024-02-12T10:23:00.006-06:002024-02-13T11:10:55.823-06:00Americans in Lebanon march for Palestinian right of return, April 1973<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2BEVvErT3-VUl5bQiA2lEDcJWswHmB1ibl1NiutFiu8xopHV_vXiwUj52QvevDwZO17_nQ94CThLoec6DXOapUXKv6uOC9xUJ5I-g7HP_qnpZ6UpSUFsujUR5skHX_Y9G0Y6c8GAVM5FvbEIhb_puBbBmDpfjDXI4xsGqL3XreC2Ozzw3i4k/s1888/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%207.57.57%20PM.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="1636" data-original-width="1888" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2BEVvErT3-VUl5bQiA2lEDcJWswHmB1ibl1NiutFiu8xopHV_vXiwUj52QvevDwZO17_nQ94CThLoec6DXOapUXKv6uOC9xUJ5I-g7HP_qnpZ6UpSUFsujUR5skHX_Y9G0Y6c8GAVM5FvbEIhb_puBbBmDpfjDXI4xsGqL3XreC2Ozzw3i4k/s400/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%207.57.57%20PM.png"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh17St-xqT2lyN4zJHC2vYQWqj3fbZ-jmVia8R5l5B2HYLGVOrCx08JfgWI3h5t3jNicViD3LZkVanGzPmkisuQZcy1a9ocZXTnA4ppkx2nRI0DV8YAwrqanWgjWztegBS4AGWHzYzNkoY0XJH-NNhJre3TM5ndRicQFBAGlS_rXcONZ2CDxQU/s1918/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%207.58.16%20PM.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="1918" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh17St-xqT2lyN4zJHC2vYQWqj3fbZ-jmVia8R5l5B2HYLGVOrCx08JfgWI3h5t3jNicViD3LZkVanGzPmkisuQZcy1a9ocZXTnA4ppkx2nRI0DV8YAwrqanWgjWztegBS4AGWHzYzNkoY0XJH-NNhJre3TM5ndRicQFBAGlS_rXcONZ2CDxQU/s400/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%207.58.16%20PM.png"/></a></div>
This is an AP wire photo that I purchased off of ebay a couple years back. I don't know whether the photo ever showed up in any news report on the event. A group of Americans, I don't think belonging to any particular organization, put on this event, a two-day march to Sidon. The following year they organized another march, from Sidon to Tyre. (That's me in the middle, with the headband.) I was too involved in marriage preparations to go. The following spring, 1975, no march was organized, it was the early days of the civil war.
Two things I notice here: (1) the woman next to me (whose name I forget) is wearing a kufiya, reminding me that expats in Beirut would do this in the early 70s, and (2) I'm carrying a plastic bag from the Rebeiz record store, one of the two best record stores in Beirut at the time. It should be noted that the march proceeded just a few days after Israeli special forces entered West Beirut and assassinated three PLO officials: Muhammad al-Najjar, Kamal Adwan, and Kamal Nasser.
Ted Swedenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-46468336285610624412024-02-05T11:31:00.003-06:002024-02-05T11:32:36.660-06:00#kufiyaspotting: Esperanza Spalding at the Grammys (+ watermelons: Aja Monet + artists4ceasefire: boygenius and Annie Lennox)<p style="text-align: center;">At the Grammys last night, jazz bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding (double nominee)<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">showed her support for the Palestinians by donning a kufiya.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLN7s55AMtBM6tJzjJZEzOJYIUXC_vQNtlVKiupfr8TI-9tj8pNu7HW5bPAw9WNwadMkTxPfwVxj7n7YwAopWjcrpFKeLCdOQb45v0Wpov-lYMtX1DNad-Ns0LcVUqIJPq6IVbL8m19ncL82edcSVpke4gWfcVU-REE7acnwS-FCzoOUec1I/s1284/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%2011.01.32%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="854" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLN7s55AMtBM6tJzjJZEzOJYIUXC_vQNtlVKiupfr8TI-9tj8pNu7HW5bPAw9WNwadMkTxPfwVxj7n7YwAopWjcrpFKeLCdOQb45v0Wpov-lYMtX1DNad-Ns0LcVUqIJPq6IVbL8m19ncL82edcSVpke4gWfcVU-REE7acnwS-FCzoOUec1I/w250-h376/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%2011.01.32%20AM.png" width="250" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Also: poet Aja Monet, up for <span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">Best Spoken Word Poetry Album, carried a watermelon clutch.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV48Kdb0GyRSHmPF1YBrSJV2K8-mu-d-_TFq0o-9lgLxcJ0pIX_Oh43Sf4Ha_TKVME2RkmcmBQaOE1Khe8DbebDVjxIzMaTXs7Og6aulqGsTQBStThgF1iAuLnInZmJ1AZPWeA-Whn0iWYdChVtIoyi0yIqhqDsx9afs-YFujQZ67mxVltOUQ/s1014/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%2011.14.23%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1014" data-original-width="516" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV48Kdb0GyRSHmPF1YBrSJV2K8-mu-d-_TFq0o-9lgLxcJ0pIX_Oh43Sf4Ha_TKVME2RkmcmBQaOE1Khe8DbebDVjxIzMaTXs7Og6aulqGsTQBStThgF1iAuLnInZmJ1AZPWeA-Whn0iWYdChVtIoyi0yIqhqDsx9afs-YFujQZ67mxVltOUQ/w189-h370/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%2011.14.23%20AM.png" width="189" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">and...boygenius wore <a href="https://www.artists4ceasefire.org/takeaction">arists4ceasefire</a> pins.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlHQCRW6kumMQsn2QEVpnBskZbaHUmKwYiBZAqoCRsoJY6aV3IBnm5c8x3wB7qaSEqsH0F3te3vcaTV-3rYsw7KqhcMRphqSCsLBr0AGsd_GSj4_f5uamdWY2GmEnTVxowaYnHj7O501c6YWI0RIqQgTTNZYrBmeqZUfvyxYfvrm19PpBskvM/s930/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%2011.23.21%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="930" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlHQCRW6kumMQsn2QEVpnBskZbaHUmKwYiBZAqoCRsoJY6aV3IBnm5c8x3wB7qaSEqsH0F3te3vcaTV-3rYsw7KqhcMRphqSCsLBr0AGsd_GSj4_f5uamdWY2GmEnTVxowaYnHj7O501c6YWI0RIqQgTTNZYrBmeqZUfvyxYfvrm19PpBskvM/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%2011.23.21%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">And finally, Annie Lennox gave a <a href="https://youtu.be/PjJ9jj6MEZw?si=ZiPjL_zfoufA23ga">shoutout</a> for #ceasefire</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwIsnQOyAYsl5bI7N4GirZE951VGLiT95plq7tQ42i5XkPvRmkI22MJn15clNGe3DHgo96Q5stpxdacw7wrk-wcJ2ydqfpFaUpM0rwamojWQkSj9v1yG1XVRRu99SeT5VQojs0JjRDT24-Fox9hZWv6pZLXtk9B8Zx5m2MvD6nbpj0IPpjAI8/s1372/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%2011.29.30%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1372" data-original-width="1004" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwIsnQOyAYsl5bI7N4GirZE951VGLiT95plq7tQ42i5XkPvRmkI22MJn15clNGe3DHgo96Q5stpxdacw7wrk-wcJ2ydqfpFaUpM0rwamojWQkSj9v1yG1XVRRu99SeT5VQojs0JjRDT24-Fox9hZWv6pZLXtk9B8Zx5m2MvD6nbpj0IPpjAI8/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%2011.29.30%20AM.png" width="234" /></a></div><br /> Ted Swedenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-36854952888668203572023-12-31T21:59:00.004-06:002023-12-31T21:59:38.628-06:00#kufiyaspotting: John Lennon, Bermuda, 1980<p>October 7 and its aftermath have produced multiple kufiya spottings, and a fair bit of news coverage. I've been too overwhelmed by the events to get on the blog to write about it. I will try to make more of an effort in future, but all I can promise is dribs and drabs. This represents some housekeeping, in fact, a photo that has been on my hard drive for some time but never managed to post.</p><p>John Lennon spent some time in Bermuda in 1980. A friend sent me this photo, found on <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/JohnLennon/comments/ijonj6/new_release_photo_on_deck_bermuda_june_1980/">reddit</a>. The description says only this: "new release photo, on deck, Bermuda June 1980." Do we presume then that John was on some yacht, and needed to cover himself from the sun, or protect himself from the wind. And why did he use a kufiya? Kufiyas were starting to become somewhat common street wear in US urban areas by the early eighties, as I've written about elsewhere, so I guess it was simply something he came across in New York City, where he lived. That's all I've got! Check out the photo: </p><p><br />
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis6KHjtxCIEw58T4y-oZm4YCXg2Pb9JmBEnMeNm7hKGO0txlx8I1fcx7irFot8pik31vmTK82YHuZf05uEKRtQnHg0Ond1bNcI4KhyowvUQLns5DF0W_y3Im27DVVr4uvewVpmxe3bMBUzu7fO2k7oqDKlUBY7W1SlDKi219cUCX_JVtgF6y8/s1554/lennon%20kufiya.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1194" data-original-width="1554" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis6KHjtxCIEw58T4y-oZm4YCXg2Pb9JmBEnMeNm7hKGO0txlx8I1fcx7irFot8pik31vmTK82YHuZf05uEKRtQnHg0Ond1bNcI4KhyowvUQLns5DF0W_y3Im27DVVr4uvewVpmxe3bMBUzu7fO2k7oqDKlUBY7W1SlDKi219cUCX_JVtgF6y8/w412-h317/lennon%20kufiya.png" width="412" /></a></div><p></p>Ted Swedenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-46526320768789718892023-11-28T17:10:00.005-06:002023-11-28T17:14:26.756-06:00My book chapter, "The Kufiya" (2021) available here as a pdf<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> My book chapter, "The Kufiya," published in <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"></span>Asef Bayat and Linda Herrera,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Global Middle East: Into the Twenty-First Century</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">, University of California Press, 2021, is now available <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tMTKB7UTC8ty6BFPVx5KQdBB0_d3sn3z/view?usp=sharing">here</a>, as a pdf.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Note that there is even a kufiya on the cover of the book! (On the shoulders of Edward Said, from a mural.)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> Note too that if you search this blog there is lots of kufiya/kaffiyeh/keffiyeh content. <br /></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPp6Z8bDn5D8swst9HuNOoCHA644158k2yEIMUVTPF2ZE4Gy_vAwm-iAEEVpZE8moECKnWJLJYTSmOnUJjcuK9rfcE9mEPS8WYVndpRuPcm-W5FsPctLTMQhAKTMF9FVIvjFXZ9QJYzExU_lJvsbfH8XdVcDfvmGz8hvibNQNIZ0yluIBeY2Y/s1522/Screenshot%202023-11-28%20at%205.09.08%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="1018" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPp6Z8bDn5D8swst9HuNOoCHA644158k2yEIMUVTPF2ZE4Gy_vAwm-iAEEVpZE8moECKnWJLJYTSmOnUJjcuK9rfcE9mEPS8WYVndpRuPcm-W5FsPctLTMQhAKTMF9FVIvjFXZ9QJYzExU_lJvsbfH8XdVcDfvmGz8hvibNQNIZ0yluIBeY2Y/w267-h399/Screenshot%202023-11-28%20at%205.09.08%20PM.png" width="267" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /></span><p></p>Ted Swedenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-78607367050239029892023-11-28T16:58:00.005-06:002023-11-28T16:58:51.535-06:00My kufiya article from 1992: "Seeing Double: Palestinian/American Histories of the Kufiya"<p> My 1992 article, “Seeing Double: Palestinian-American Histories of the <i>Kufiya</i>,” published in <i>Michigan Quarterly Review</i> 31(4): 557-577, can now be found <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SbTSCNwHWwFbOjuifnXo_iofUgGaPS7m/view?usp=sharing">here</a>, as a pdf. It also appeared in the <i>Michigan Quarterly Review</i>'s 60th anniversary issue--60(1): 341-362 in 2021.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCDCi8i-V16BvRx6Rw9hWxwKukluj8IbC8HVfb_fMkv343RxuyIDeDtj6XKy0PSsUncA7KvB8S0hSoMsZF2iTKrjx6R5i7X_ZaAAQHKO1pa-xNdWT7jfzqrei3CZ6uvbdyCt5BpPOOmKFjarDnuvjx7ZDxUFoHhUt4EjcmQgF730KwXR2igqk/s1354/Screenshot%202023-11-28%20at%204.57.17%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="1038" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCDCi8i-V16BvRx6Rw9hWxwKukluj8IbC8HVfb_fMkv343RxuyIDeDtj6XKy0PSsUncA7KvB8S0hSoMsZF2iTKrjx6R5i7X_ZaAAQHKO1pa-xNdWT7jfzqrei3CZ6uvbdyCt5BpPOOmKFjarDnuvjx7ZDxUFoHhUt4EjcmQgF730KwXR2igqk/w343-h448/Screenshot%202023-11-28%20at%204.57.17%20PM.png" width="343" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Ted Swedenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-15791033505045587982023-07-09T13:04:00.004-05:002023-07-09T13:05:54.653-05:00Cheikha Rimitti Scopitone!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH0hohHNVGdTD1Y8ayis9zT5DAMAGb2SXlbKKsHGFCTAEW-ycg396NGCtg9cIXYX_90nBK9Ddt4BPY58JNnunsMC6vHCay3x-ZpAJQAIKt2YOnxnqwHzL5dl9ZxrU1sqDv68FBN9kyNeAwmsmHkoQ03Nro7DfUewQnYWJvyJBmgnyYAke3kK4/s1764/Screenshot%202023-07-09%20at%2012.54.02%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1764" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH0hohHNVGdTD1Y8ayis9zT5DAMAGb2SXlbKKsHGFCTAEW-ycg396NGCtg9cIXYX_90nBK9Ddt4BPY58JNnunsMC6vHCay3x-ZpAJQAIKt2YOnxnqwHzL5dl9ZxrU1sqDv68FBN9kyNeAwmsmHkoQ03Nro7DfUewQnYWJvyJBmgnyYAke3kK4/w496-h354/Screenshot%202023-07-09%20at%2012.54.02%20PM.png" width="496" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Watch it <a href="https://fb.watch/lGHasncVrM/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> This is courtesy the FaceBook page (which I hope you can access) of the Archives Numérique du Cinéma Algérien, who say about it:</span></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Alors voici un document extrêmement rare et inédit sur internet: il s'agit d'un large extrait d'un
scopitone de Cheikha Remitti tourné très probablement au début des
années 1970 et dans lequel elle interprète le morceau "Aïn Kahla".</span></div></div><div class="xjkvuk6 xuyqlj2 x1odjw0f"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Nous sommes très heureux de partager avec vous ce document qui nous parait tout à fait exceptionnel.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Si
vous reconnaissez le lieu de tournage n'hésitez pas à nous l'indiquer.
S'agit-il de l'ouest algérien, d'un village du nord marocain, difficile à
dire...</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">MAJ 22h08 : le film aurait été tourné à Debdou à l'est du Maroc, un grand merci à <span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv xzsf02u x1s688f" href="https://www.facebook.com/shang.ly.376?__cft__[0]=AZUR-Ja2Lmsmj-Kr3XSYk4Zdx5mbCTOlnCKcuQ-KulOeLL-rRj139J2C2D6SySU9P-Lays55XiQw-GV8ATsSxMLiwKNXfuPQYUVKG9D5usIKy53gNGm3JoCq8ur49A8dpWb1Qvayj0DdAMlDJHvf06A5rsIaVKIsvHbqo5wQt5YtVofAdTHax8RPPhEh6guEYzw&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" tabindex="0">Nehams Ta</a></span> pour la recherche </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="🙏" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t1f/2/16/1f64f.png" width="16" /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Un
grand merci à la cinémathèque de Saint-Etienne de nous avoir permis de
numériser ce scopitone au format super 8mm issu de notre collection."</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For those of you who don't know French, the key points: it's an extract of a Cheikh Remitti scopitone, probably shot in the beginning of the 1970s, a segment of her song "Aïn Kahla." Filmed in the town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debdou">Debdou</a> in eastern Morocco. (My guess is that the Algerian government would not have allowed, or made it very difficult, to film a Scopitone there.)</span><br /></div></div></span></div><p> </p>Ted Swedenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-89583896688479907312023-06-14T13:01:00.004-05:002023-06-14T13:01:44.500-05:00RIP Otis Grand<p> <span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_2sLTvieIaFgtj3bWBDzD0qAtbw09LJrWP8qE9wES6MNYTibIkmE7EYkXnSE669AuhmlVl9ukaygwOPaYUCPekrvwjn2GthNVQehZmlleqzXE_gbF1ix4V-fPG-pH7q72GeeK1_FJW-FWlxfOO7V6eLJs7EqG_Yu_bYNXlezzZovtw5Z/s960/352914661_10158813663715583_2076755843536577671_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="960" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_2sLTvieIaFgtj3bWBDzD0qAtbw09LJrWP8qE9wES6MNYTibIkmE7EYkXnSE669AuhmlVl9ukaygwOPaYUCPekrvwjn2GthNVQehZmlleqzXE_gbF1ix4V-fPG-pH7q72GeeK1_FJW-FWlxfOO7V6eLJs7EqG_Yu_bYNXlezzZovtw5Z/s320/352914661_10158813663715583_2076755843536577671_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">RIP
my old pal <a href="http://www.otisgrand.com/">Otis Grand</a> (on left), who passed away on June 7</span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">in
London. Me in the middle, on vocals, on the right, Walid Boustany. We
got our start playing 'unplugged,' in 1973. then got a full, electrified group
going called Bliss Street Blues Band. On harmonica, George Bisharat, AKA
<a href="https://www.bigharpgeorge.com/">Big Harp George</a>. Bass: Todd/Craig Lichtenwalner. Drums, Raja Kawar.</span><p></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">Then we dispersed, Otis ended up in London, eventually
started his own band, and was such a prodigious talent that he was
voted 'Best UK Blues Guitarist' seven years running <span></span>(1990–1996)
by the British Blues Connection magazine. (After 7 years, his name was
retired.) He issued lots of recordings, they are easy to track down.
I'll have more to say about Otis in future.</span></p>Ted Swedenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-77285052613765251292023-03-30T10:33:00.004-05:002023-03-30T10:41:55.682-05:00Graham Nash, "Oh! Camil (The Winter Soldier)"<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1SBeYs2ynCYfVJkHMw-2z50m-0e7UOHQn6mI5rHmN3SLGq3grDxgnHEv6E0eV1YIIB8eSHVkhrIEwIUaR-SYYlYP1NG1Fa75MWrXeVJwhpdU5k3lyfRSHiYDA9asaNASMT6vH8JSdLktk5Li1jvWnSSe7XCbG_83PckCdLf6ii8pFUJVF/s1076/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-30%20at%2010.39.45%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1070" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1SBeYs2ynCYfVJkHMw-2z50m-0e7UOHQn6mI5rHmN3SLGq3grDxgnHEv6E0eV1YIIB8eSHVkhrIEwIUaR-SYYlYP1NG1Fa75MWrXeVJwhpdU5k3lyfRSHiYDA9asaNASMT6vH8JSdLktk5Li1jvWnSSe7XCbG_83PckCdLf6ii8pFUJVF/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-30%20at%2010.39.45%20AM.png" width="318" /></a></div> <p></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/xMP010ksNSY">This</a> is an <span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">amazing
song (found on Nash's 1973 album, <i>Wild Tales</i>) that I only just learned about, thanks to a brilliant book I recently finished, <a href="https://www.umasspress.com/9781625341624/we-gotta-get-out-of-this-place/">We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War</a>, by Doug Bradley
& Craig Werner. Graham Nash actually attended the Winter Soldier
Investigation organized by the Vietnam Veterans against the War (VVAW)
in Jan-Feb 1971, where he witnessed this testimony from Scott Camil: "I
was a sergeant attached to Charley 1/1...My testimony involves burning
of villages with civilians in them, the cutting off of
ears, cutting off of heads, torturing of prisoners, calling of
artillery on villages for games, corpsmen killing wounded prisoners,
napalm dropped on villages, women being raped, women and children being
massacred." </span></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"> If you've not seen the Winter Soldier movie, you must, it
is essential. Check it out <a href="https://youtu.be/e6wvRvXGFRk">here</a>.<br /></span></p>Ted Swedenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-4464533908033265552023-02-10T10:25:00.004-06:002023-02-10T10:25:26.302-06:00Forthcoming book chapter: Rai, World Music, and Islam<p>Very honored to have been asked to contribute to this great volume, to be published, inshallah, in October. Look for it! My chapter is entitled: "Rai, World Music, and Islam." More details <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/bloomsbury-handbook-of-muslims-and-popular-culture-9781350145399/">here</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp-h8AMJrfHaJ21y90RIs0YXuS0KH10GROvirkjr5WHRblmXWyQ5uAnLwc8l5qmk-g3nrGuGt0kySFIySOwTPIDJ3PtxcKEbY6XkUfRPTQKFRipHaHNDLt3-g3OIJVJGgsqXSRcLZ9oMB1jxr50l37nxSOVQD6BuFjMrVGB8cR1E9ji0XH/s520/9781350145399.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="360" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp-h8AMJrfHaJ21y90RIs0YXuS0KH10GROvirkjr5WHRblmXWyQ5uAnLwc8l5qmk-g3nrGuGt0kySFIySOwTPIDJ3PtxcKEbY6XkUfRPTQKFRipHaHNDLt3-g3OIJVJGgsqXSRcLZ9oMB1jxr50l37nxSOVQD6BuFjMrVGB8cR1E9ji0XH/w445-h640/9781350145399.jpg" width="445" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Ted Swedenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-52787897593632911372022-10-12T11:09:00.000-05:002022-10-12T11:09:07.150-05:00Qussay Samak on Naguib Mahfouz in Merip Reports: "a competent novelist of the Cairene petit-bourgeoisie"<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWXkgAxFn4SOiCqUDt4xIUXpT_1RvJprs27qGy18EIsdDcpvKGIBixM1KdJONar3RquvTk_kPv69HXUiYhDZY1HjizUwCsbs4JzLoxjOlsz_WPQyQZMeVODnZQ6iYWNthNw5X5b-IF6V-5fIHMKS4Bk4Q7ZA7VIWJ9NkL1ghTodVqYkA2K/s4032/mahfouz.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="4032" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWXkgAxFn4SOiCqUDt4xIUXpT_1RvJprs27qGy18EIsdDcpvKGIBixM1KdJONar3RquvTk_kPv69HXUiYhDZY1HjizUwCsbs4JzLoxjOlsz_WPQyQZMeVODnZQ6iYWNthNw5X5b-IF6V-5fIHMKS4Bk4Q7ZA7VIWJ9NkL1ghTodVqYkA2K/w536-h114/mahfouz.jpeg" width="536" /></a></div><br /> I love this assessment, from the Egyptian leftist Qussay Samak's article "The Politics of Egyptian Cinema," in <i>Merip Reports</i> No. 56 (April 1977). Get it via JSTOR <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/3011811?origin=crossref">here</a>. <br /><p></p>Ted Swedenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-24243861245126700052022-08-29T08:44:00.006-05:002022-08-29T08:44:56.023-05:00Shows I've seen: Grateful Dead, Sly & the Family Stone, Creedence, Steppenwolf, Iron Butterfly, at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, December 6 1968<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWaDsJ82B-1z0DGO03PtqqbN3qEeZWWbZeNCr8GV2KbTj5F2lHkVNk43h_wiDipNoCbuUmENR-rxzhXkKIz5S_wUeL0Zis0LR7AZYo5YayjUWgdQQIiVppMVy9n6ewEoEtfh73QQfKh0chkuzCsxLPmI_ArOgXFAsX1TUGy5f5TRiBtwoT/s1528/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-29%20at%2012.13.36%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1472" data-original-width="1528" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWaDsJ82B-1z0DGO03PtqqbN3qEeZWWbZeNCr8GV2KbTj5F2lHkVNk43h_wiDipNoCbuUmENR-rxzhXkKIz5S_wUeL0Zis0LR7AZYo5YayjUWgdQQIiVppMVy9n6ewEoEtfh73QQfKh0chkuzCsxLPmI_ArOgXFAsX1TUGy5f5TRiBtwoT/w455-h438/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-29%20at%2012.13.36%20PM.png" width="455" /></a></div><br /> I attended Swarthmore College in 1968-69 and tried to get into Philly as often as the budget and time would allow to see shows. The Spectrum was a big arena with a revolving stage (!). Weird, but at least it gave us a chance to see these bands, and at affordable prices.<p></p><p>The order for this event was: Credence, The Dead, Iron Butterfly, Sly and Steppenwolf. My memory is that Sly put on the most exciting show. I think for me the attractions were The Dead and Steppenwolf ('Born to Be Wild' was a great hit of summer '68). The Dead were not playing in there proper element, and of course their set was way shorter than the usual. (Alas, this was the only time I ever saw the Dead, or any of the others for that matter.) Iron Butterfly of course we all scorned and thought were way overblown. I guess Steppenwolf was good but I have no memory of them. Nor of Creedence, who were known at the time chiefly for their single, "Suzie Q." They may have played "Proud Mary," which was released shortly after the concert.</p><p>Here's a <a href="http://deadsources.blogspot.com/2017/06/december-6-1968-spectrum-philadelphia.html">review</a> of the concert, from the Wilmington Delaware <i>Morning News</i>, on Dec. 9. There is much to comment on about the review, but let's just say that where I agree with it is (1) The Dead were not impressive (2) the sound was shitty and (3) Sly & Co. were terrific.<br /></p>Ted Swedenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-2241794252135796072022-06-17T09:14:00.003-05:002022-06-17T09:16:18.164-05:00Soviet Aswan Dam poster<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBik5R1yecRrRFqnOb1m-65XvXmcnMeeXegmyV9OdEbuIFx3FKX1-VSCv-alF39ivzfrkxxoKBJRY-_S4M6PXrARczRSyWXQZtYQv_61paZuB07dX5wTQufsXJnshysSbgyqHG5t0IhyS21DsLN_xPVAMPJwbwDZJP4aVOT81SgUSVNfWf/s1408/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-17%20at%209.10.21%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1408" data-original-width="1066" height="531" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBik5R1yecRrRFqnOb1m-65XvXmcnMeeXegmyV9OdEbuIFx3FKX1-VSCv-alF39ivzfrkxxoKBJRY-_S4M6PXrARczRSyWXQZtYQv_61paZuB07dX5wTQufsXJnshysSbgyqHG5t0IhyS21DsLN_xPVAMPJwbwDZJP4aVOT81SgUSVNfWf/w403-h531/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-17%20at%209.10.21%20AM.png" width="403" /></a></div><br /><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">"Aswan Dam. We are loyal to our friends and always help them in a brotherly unmercenary way." Soviet poster, 1970s. Source <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sovietvisuals/posts/5545707765495422">here</a>.<br /></span><p></p><p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">The effect of the Aswan Dam on Nubians, one elderly Nubian told me in the late 90s: "Have you heard of the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima? The Aswan Dam was our Hiroshima bomb."<br /></span></p>Ted Swedenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-65303833687323934472022-06-14T09:06:00.004-05:002022-06-14T09:06:54.359-05:00Chile kufiyas, the estallido social (social explosion) of 2019<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJt9B-cHKV0yNBJjVjMNNpdUIOwEiaV5rQ1YftUsSjF4nZzbwIPnCqpm5o8wCfWT09tXLZxgonxpzCjEyt6EWkUSThKdbScF3lWIJVyCxTPgLBatnX6yLfhrdf0K00Df6TcMHTwxVxgWMo-VsCtiRYn-frPKSaCfJJnT8l1bn2G5-mIUgO/s1900/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-14%20at%209.02.38%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="1900" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJt9B-cHKV0yNBJjVjMNNpdUIOwEiaV5rQ1YftUsSjF4nZzbwIPnCqpm5o8wCfWT09tXLZxgonxpzCjEyt6EWkUSThKdbScF3lWIJVyCxTPgLBatnX6yLfhrdf0K00Df6TcMHTwxVxgWMo-VsCtiRYn-frPKSaCfJJnT8l1bn2G5-mIUgO/w485-h336/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-14%20at%209.02.38%20AM.png" width="485" /></a></div><br />From the <i>New Yorker</i>, June 13, 2022, an article on Chile's new leftist president, Gabriel Boric. Read it <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/06/13/can-chiles-young-president-reimagine-the-latin-american-left">here</a>.<br /><p></p>Ted Swedenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-24139375126371506392022-06-14T08:57:00.002-05:002022-06-14T08:57:20.417-05:00January 6 kufiya<p> <span data-lexical-editor-key="ogjzm" data-lexical-node-json="{"detail":0,"format":0,"mode":"normal","style":"","text":"The last video shown yesterday at the House January 6 hearings featured several insurrectionists explaining that they were present at the Capitol because Trump had called them to it. I think this is the last of the insurrectionists interviewed. I noticed that he was wearing a kufiya, but didn't manage to get my camera out in time. Luckily the very alert Tim Fuson did, and sent the photo to me.","type":"text","version":1}" data-lexical-node-type="text">The last video shown yesterday (June 13) at the House January 6 hearings featured several insurrectionists explaining that they were present at the Capitol that day because Trump had called them to it. I think this is the last of the insurrectionists interviewed. I noticed that he was wearing a kufiya, but didn't manage to get my camera out in time to take a picture. Luckily my very alert friend Tim did, and he sent this photo to me.</span></p><p><span data-lexical-editor-key="ogjzm" data-lexical-node-json="{"detail":0,"format":0,"mode":"normal","style":"","text":"The last video shown yesterday at the House January 6 hearings featured several insurrectionists explaining that they were present at the Capitol because Trump had called them to it. I think this is the last of the insurrectionists interviewed. I noticed that he was wearing a kufiya, but didn't manage to get my camera out in time. Luckily the very alert Tim Fuson did, and sent the photo to me.","type":"text","version":1}" data-lexical-node-type="text"><br /></span></p><p><span data-lexical-editor-key="ogjzm" data-lexical-node-json="{"detail":0,"format":0,"mode":"normal","style":"","text":"The last video shown yesterday at the House January 6 hearings featured several insurrectionists explaining that they were present at the Capitol because Trump had called them to it. I think this is the last of the insurrectionists interviewed. I noticed that he was wearing a kufiya, but didn't manage to get my camera out in time. Luckily the very alert Tim Fuson did, and sent the photo to me.","type":"text","version":1}" data-lexical-node-type="text"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg6e3fxgCuW6FpCAUxVrUG0Li7wITZsLCay_PrACjykD4mdyIWLvcNGJY9bI4zUiClg9tIUXiftpgweOz9Jngei-yMP7E0tH5hV9Ld9VOXTEQTR3dTLtsaRbsldK8NyMiRIPZX2YIDSWxy83zKpITm08LF3mJ1_WH2o-_-uk1zOsUiw30t/s1560/69D0F415-CD83-4DDD-BE20-EF0B293DF9D7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1560" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg6e3fxgCuW6FpCAUxVrUG0Li7wITZsLCay_PrACjykD4mdyIWLvcNGJY9bI4zUiClg9tIUXiftpgweOz9Jngei-yMP7E0tH5hV9Ld9VOXTEQTR3dTLtsaRbsldK8NyMiRIPZX2YIDSWxy83zKpITm08LF3mJ1_WH2o-_-uk1zOsUiw30t/w505-h233/69D0F415-CD83-4DDD-BE20-EF0B293DF9D7.jpeg" width="505" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Ted Swedenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-52505998094093459902022-06-13T08:58:00.001-05:002022-06-13T08:58:42.005-05:00Aziz Bekkaoui, World Keffiyeh Day<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ARRIv8-arjzhcikjJaQgLjsl3WFumS9pFA3oTK2XD23vggVGHdx47sXXyMNoWwpeXmeSfjO2yuJYwoifvXGIuxURDAcSqOcmjJS7JbG3UVuwl_VEawLjccOT_szvl4Jxh3LtMq-Lfx734UDEUr1hx7XAcmgeC9HKQAXpj8JAaQSKrMUO/s1304/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-13%20at%208.54.02%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="1114" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ARRIv8-arjzhcikjJaQgLjsl3WFumS9pFA3oTK2XD23vggVGHdx47sXXyMNoWwpeXmeSfjO2yuJYwoifvXGIuxURDAcSqOcmjJS7JbG3UVuwl_VEawLjccOT_szvl4Jxh3LtMq-Lfx734UDEUr1hx7XAcmgeC9HKQAXpj8JAaQSKrMUO/w385-h452/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-13%20at%208.54.02%20AM.png" width="385" /></a></div><br /> Bekkaoui: Morocco-born, Dutch citizen. <br /><p></p>Ted Swedenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-15872858344324856292022-06-11T11:56:00.004-05:002022-06-11T11:56:45.312-05:00kufiyas and tarbushes in the 1936-39 revolt<p><span style="font-size: small;"> I've written rather extensively about the push by the Palestinian rebels to impose kufiyas on Palestinian males at the height of the 1936-39 revolt, in fall 1938. And I just came across another story about those events, courtesy Zeina Ghandour's <i><a href="https://www.routledge.com/A-Discourse-on-Domination-in-Mandate-Palestine-Imperialism-Property-and/Ghandour/p/book/9780415685306">A Discourse on Domination in Mandate Palestine: Imperialism, Property and Insurgency</a></i> (Routledge 2010). This is from her interview with Said Hassan Me'ary, originally from the village of Sha'b, in the Acre district, found on page 113.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi60nMr0AE58Fvnw7umdMZrz6BgaviC0oNRFLczEVgpUE6d13c34e8zy9razl1ynWExGfAoARCVhDyLv_szs5SMJRLgFc-Y64sqT8bO8_CTtyGSa12mMTr52GQ-NIUR67hh3vrzEudI7MATOJPXOx_-EcfRQiBV7IJOJeKPrKpE0Qyiekr9/s1652/donkey.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="292" data-original-width="1652" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi60nMr0AE58Fvnw7umdMZrz6BgaviC0oNRFLczEVgpUE6d13c34e8zy9razl1ynWExGfAoARCVhDyLv_szs5SMJRLgFc-Y64sqT8bO8_CTtyGSa12mMTr52GQ-NIUR67hh3vrzEudI7MATOJPXOx_-EcfRQiBV7IJOJeKPrKpE0Qyiekr9/w563-h100/donkey.png" width="563" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /></span><p></p>Ted Swedenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-43980381787929104322022-06-11T11:47:00.003-05:002022-06-11T11:47:55.290-05:00Aswan: Krushchev visits Egypt<p>I very much like this photo of a Nubian (I presume) kid looking at the photo welcoming USSR Premier Nikita Krushchev on his May, 1964 visit to Egypt. (I apologize for not keeping a record of where I grabbed this from.) I visited Aswan with my family that same year, in November. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/hawg/14625112053/in/photolist-nVub5z-nZPjjv-odyoMY-ohnwhn">Here</a>'s a photo.<br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnOxgpaaPw3_y-fyGG3Mq-xJjWRIBDTYzEdjY-6Gbe48AMAtlcSjbuyBcGVCj8cXvHcl5Mc4Sb1tmo8aS008anaUjZVWBzVdVKaJ-8taaWLQWdQAH6_3jnE5GLx3mc2mRfqGmS3FRiCRmSa82-ZBWOQnkU-ZrjRnH91Wti1QEvwjsD1yhE/s1214/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-11%20at%2011.42.06%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1172" data-original-width="1214" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnOxgpaaPw3_y-fyGG3Mq-xJjWRIBDTYzEdjY-6Gbe48AMAtlcSjbuyBcGVCj8cXvHcl5Mc4Sb1tmo8aS008anaUjZVWBzVdVKaJ-8taaWLQWdQAH6_3jnE5GLx3mc2mRfqGmS3FRiCRmSa82-ZBWOQnkU-ZrjRnH91Wti1QEvwjsD1yhE/w376-h363/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-11%20at%2011.42.06%20AM.png" width="376" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Ted Swedenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-76622856982173400792022-06-11T11:41:00.003-05:002022-06-11T11:41:21.275-05:00Kufiya skirt (via YOOX)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN1od26dt-5D0V0gnI0porfky9xogUaJnK4aDUY72o515gM5CqvSFgEEFtsScXj7rO4CHFR_52ST080rGbZib70vqFLtnMNrNAwmLiaXurknuyGruVrE3qiRxQzvgdtb_0L7HeOG2pz2O6s6Q2UBLVU2XbDcj-OOMI1GE_DP9W_dVP-8la/s2550/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-11%20at%2011.35.25%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="2550" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN1od26dt-5D0V0gnI0porfky9xogUaJnK4aDUY72o515gM5CqvSFgEEFtsScXj7rO4CHFR_52ST080rGbZib70vqFLtnMNrNAwmLiaXurknuyGruVrE3qiRxQzvgdtb_0L7HeOG2pz2O6s6Q2UBLVU2XbDcj-OOMI1GE_DP9W_dVP-8la/w522-h248/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-11%20at%2011.35.25%20AM.png" width="522" /></a></div><br /> I checked YOOX, 8PM, Midiskirts online just now, and this item no longer seems to be available.<p></p><p>As is often the case, someone sent this to me (thanks, can't remember who did!), and it took some time for me to get around to posting.<br /></p>Ted Swedenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-18930504022251422382022-05-29T10:53:00.002-05:002022-05-29T10:53:49.380-05:00Trad kufiya (all white) and sole of shoe, spotted in Jerusalem (al-Quds) (Jerusalem Day, May 29, 2022)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQGzzcVYcZePtRtxMaH54ni_ywb-Ce0-Q1eQKIRqPcrddeauV29GKT9gAQO5pmZgqI8izDr5k9PCZi5pVKrYmvOzaIBZ3hoJMPYwRomOiq80K6WR2uucFFhz7LSzAPTQSCd9crL4b2uvi-dJybmsA8OzvZ9CbStyE6zWFoXAzlikZ8ErmI/s1108/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-29%20at%2010.48.00%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="1076" height="423" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQGzzcVYcZePtRtxMaH54ni_ywb-Ce0-Q1eQKIRqPcrddeauV29GKT9gAQO5pmZgqI8izDr5k9PCZi5pVKrYmvOzaIBZ3hoJMPYwRomOiq80K6WR2uucFFhz7LSzAPTQSCd9crL4b2uvi-dJybmsA8OzvZ9CbStyE6zWFoXAzlikZ8ErmI/w411-h423/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-29%20at%2010.48.00%20AM.png" width="411" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Ted Swedenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-84836900636179601302022-05-20T17:20:00.005-05:002022-05-20T17:21:24.400-05:00In Berlin these days, the police seem to regard the kufiya as a sign of anti-Semitism<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span data-offset-key="afht1-0-0"><span data-text="true">In Berlin the popo are keeping a close watch on kufiya wearers. </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="afht1-0-0"><span data-text="true">The kufiya, they seem to have determined, is a sign of anti-Semitism.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="afht1-0-0"><span data-text="true">(posted May 20, 2022) <br /></span></span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="afht1-0-0"><span data-text="true"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="1280" height="441" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPsQk4caAPiZUSZ1wHCErIf1UAVw8BsVoDNY90iyrDYXxeflmPbYcVhbfJj6UIZGR8uDGuPj0C0eVXnWk0GcOvHTVHRTTUO4PhW8fMYj-ntiy0pARgY0YiS6E6sUDMxSojVre0I5mU5NyPI4aKeDEcai5xvuwB-A-TEzSG7bRMfVgVnVhZ/w423-h441/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-16%20at%209.26.21%20AM.png" width="423" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Ted Swedenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-49998334938350598172022-03-22T09:30:00.003-05:002022-03-22T09:30:51.374-05:00kufiyaspotting: water protectors (courtesy indiaz.com)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpl0rxwj2XAWb7IvQ3lUNzfGKy9SPqyfItR0THT_f3fa4Aj7joFwkfT6IrvgWSqnwx1YXsHmCExC-zYXEX618tZlxX93a42XNt7WdO3gB3UVN31PcBRIHzG7l5fYFvZNBKXAEPXug81ao8B7Moyhv3FzKXTbgpsQ0JN6afrdRpn9sonjPh/s1446/Screen%20Shot%202022-03-22%20at%209.26.02%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1266" data-original-width="1446" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpl0rxwj2XAWb7IvQ3lUNzfGKy9SPqyfItR0THT_f3fa4Aj7joFwkfT6IrvgWSqnwx1YXsHmCExC-zYXEX618tZlxX93a42XNt7WdO3gB3UVN31PcBRIHzG7l5fYFvZNBKXAEPXug81ao8B7Moyhv3FzKXTbgpsQ0JN6afrdRpn9sonjPh/w640-h560/Screen%20Shot%202022-03-22%20at%209.26.02%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />From 2016, but still relevant. Thanks to E for this. Here's the story: <p></p><p>The #NoDAPL movement is doing more than bringing people from all walks of
life together, it's helping to usher in new ones. Independent
journalist <a href="http://www.mapember.com/">Mary
Annette Pember</a> reports on the birth of the first baby at the water protector camps in North Dakota:
</p><blockquote class="blockquote">
For Zintkala Mahpiya Wi Blackowl, Sky Bird Woman, the birth of her baby
girl at one of the water protector camps in North Dakota was the
ultimate act of resistance.
<p></p>
Baby, as yet unnamed, was born early in the morning in a tipi on October
12 directly into her mother’s arms as their family slept nearby. The
family’s tipi is pitched alongside the Cannonball River.
<p></p>
Baby is healthy and thriving. Blackowl plans to take her to Indian Health Service this week for a well-baby check-up.
<p></p>
“I birthed her by myself,” said Blackowl, of the Sicangu and Ihanktonwan Lakota tribes.
<p></p>
Although her husband and family were sleeping in the same tipi, the
birth was a private event. In the traditional Lakota way, the mother
gives birth alone.
<p></p>
“That space in which we give birth is so holy,” she said. “At one time our people realized that.”
</blockquote><p>The source is <a href="https://www.indianz.com/News/2016/10/20/mary-annette-pember-first-baby-born-at-w.asp">here</a>. <br /></p>Ted Swedenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-32876653330991812402021-12-09T11:39:00.009-06:002021-12-14T10:25:57.360-06:00My uncle's sixth birthday: Swedes and Japanese and Kingsburg, California<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfEl9CWQ4SUTT5JlNs4PaISVVaj-zDK7dm43X76BzxjCmQwtVwaaYo4Aca4mt5xsvsQ3LzftviFeF-BenSdT51_r5k9o7HklwbO8PSInmpx5n1wCrk6r4-T5JRgtWiK-mLnDheMa6YCLsOTsAYeYr0pjDDfZfG1usHIkGsnGvhGD7CZq-Y=s1944" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1492" data-original-width="1944" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfEl9CWQ4SUTT5JlNs4PaISVVaj-zDK7dm43X76BzxjCmQwtVwaaYo4Aca4mt5xsvsQ3LzftviFeF-BenSdT51_r5k9o7HklwbO8PSInmpx5n1wCrk6r4-T5JRgtWiK-mLnDheMa6YCLsOTsAYeYr0pjDDfZfG1usHIkGsnGvhGD7CZq-Y=w400-h308" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p><p>More on Kingsburg and Swedes and Japanese: Last month I made a trip to Fresno for my mother's brother's 90th birthday. I talked to him a bit about my mom and her Japanese classmates. A bit later someone asked him, do you remember any memorable birthdays from when you were growing up? </p><div dir="auto"><div class="ecm0bbzt hv4rvrfc ihqw7lf3 dati1w0a" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_197"><div class="j83agx80 cbu4d94t ew0dbk1b irj2b8pg"><div class="qzhwtbm6 knvmm38d"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">He said, we were on the farm, there were 8 kids, dad (Bertil) was really busy, so birthdays weren't usually a big deal. But for my sixth birthday (in 1937) dad said, you can do anything you want for your birthday. So -- and then he looked at me and said, Ted, you'd be interested in this -- I invited three friends over to the farm. He named the three, all Japanese names. (He still remembers their names, he is still as sharp as a tack.) We fooled around on the farm all day. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">That's his memory of his best birthday as a kid, the day he got to play all day with his three Japanese-American pals.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Imagine: when he's 10, four and a half years later, his three pals are all sent off to be interned, as enemy aliens.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Today, Kingsburg is for the most part remembered as a Swedish town. So you see cute stuff like this downtown. Which, as a Swede, I love, but I am haunted by the ethnic cleansing that produced this singular memory of the town. </div></div></span></div></div></div></div>Ted Swedenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-3411900174505117772021-12-08T11:48:00.004-06:002021-12-08T11:49:04.620-06:00My mom and her Japanese-American classmates in Kingsburg, California<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNhzdnU4khN6PLwtzyU5kq21LzaanvjMoACa3JGtUwskOmvjReLPgNKM-YSFtJnnMta0B6h3GGi5lZNAfM45_WXAWmKtxNMquLZDNfoTd6M-CLuRoMEBYQD7fFnfEhLRiNsLbCRygbTLGmmJBpS5runMs0BMeq_p6iM5txoEocmysI8zQU=s1940" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1940" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNhzdnU4khN6PLwtzyU5kq21LzaanvjMoACa3JGtUwskOmvjReLPgNKM-YSFtJnnMta0B6h3GGi5lZNAfM45_WXAWmKtxNMquLZDNfoTd6M-CLuRoMEBYQD7fFnfEhLRiNsLbCRygbTLGmmJBpS5runMs0BMeq_p6iM5txoEocmysI8zQU=w400-h264" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <br /><p></p><p></p><p>Clay School (1935-36) grades 6-8, Kingsburg, California. My mom, Bertha Swanson, is the blondish one, a sixth grader. From left to right: Tom Matsumura, Kim Yoshida, mom, Shizuko Matsuoko, Dobi (Robert) Yano, Kazuto Yoshida. <br /><br />Kingsburg, a half hour south of Fresno, was settled mostly by Swedes, but by the twenties and the thirties it was basically a Swedish-Japanese town. Clay School was a bit out town, served grades K-8, and its clientele were mostly kids of farmers (like my grandfather) or farmworkers. (Note that two of the boys here are not wearing shoes.) <br /><br />The school building was moved recently to the Kingsburg Historical Park, and I visited it a couple weeks ago with my cousin Dave and brother Ray. I have my mother's 1942 high school yearbook, the year she graduated, and I see that, of those pictured here, Kimiko Yoshida, Shizuko Matsuoko and Dobi/Robert Yano graduated with my mom. Shizuko ('Shiz') and Dobi ('Bob') signed her yearbook. Meaning that, after Pearl Harbor, they continued in school with my mom through graduation. That summer, 1942, they were all sent to internment camps. <br /><br />I'll have more to say in a future post about Bob Yano, but I know he was interned at Gila River, Arizona, and not long after going there signed up to serve in the US Army. 'Shiz' was interned at Poston (Arizona), possibly the Yoshidas as well. I can't find a record for Tom Matsamura, probably because he is listed in the records under his Japanese first name. <br /><br />After summer 1942, Kingsburg was no longer a Swedish-Japanese town. Very few Japanese returned there after the war. Today it is simply remembered, and commemorated, as a Swedish-American town.<br /><br /></p>Ted Swedenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.com1