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Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Multilingual Middle Ages: Sicily

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here's a better shot of the document. source is here . What is this document? According to the British Library blog: "A...
Tuesday, February 28, 2017

More Enrico Macias Orientalia

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When Gaston Ghrenassia left Algeria for France in 1961, he hoped to continue his musical career by playing the ma'louf repertoire of hi...
Monday, February 27, 2017

Yes, Maharshala Ali is a Muslim -- an Ahmadi Muslim

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Many are trumpeting the fact that Oscar winner Mahershala Ali ( Moonlight ) is a Muslim, but not noting that he is Ahmadi. For background o...
Sunday, February 26, 2017

Enrico Macias in Egypt, 1979

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In 2005 a chapter I wrote entitled " Against Hybridity: The case of Enrico Macias/Gaston Ghrenassia" appeared in a book I...
Friday, February 24, 2017

"La Nuit de Possession" -- Gnawa

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Very good documentary on a lila, or ritual of possession, of the Gnawa. This is filmed in Essaouira (where I spent part of summer 1999), and...
Sunday, January 29, 2017

solidarity in the face of fascism

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courtesy the Democratic Socialists of America. a protest sign for our times.  (in hyper-secular France, would any left organization propo...
Saturday, January 21, 2017

kufiyas in the age of Trump

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This is an old friend of mine, attending the women's march (against Trumpism, for freedom) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, January 21, 2017. ...
Sunday, January 08, 2017

Neta Alkayam covers Jacob Abitbol, "Khoti Khoti"

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The great Moroccan Israeli singer Neta Alkayam covers a song from Jacob Abitbol -- father of the much better known Moroccan Jewish singer Ha...
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Wednesday, January 04, 2017

Old photos of Cheb Khaled

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I'm in the middle of trying to finish off an article about pop-rai, and hunting for photos of Cheb Khaled and his first band, Les Cinq É...
Sunday, January 01, 2017

kufiyaspotting: "Logan"

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Logan , to open in March - 20th Century Fox     I had actually seen the trailer for Logan in the movie theaters last week, but this sc...
Wednesday, December 21, 2016

kufiyaspotting: Earth Wind & Fire

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thanks to Marc for pitching this to me Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images, January 01, 1970 I think it's Philip Bail...
Monday, August 22, 2016

Shows I've been to: Jefferson Airplane & Big Brother & the Holding Company, August, 1966

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Early August 1966. I was 16, on "home leave" from Beirut with my family, staying with friends in Los Gatos, where we had lived ...
Monday, August 08, 2016

Simsimiyya in Egyptian Popular Culture: El-Gizawy in "Fatat al-Mina (The Harbor Girl)"

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In the very fine documentary Nuh el-Hamam (Wailing of the Doves), 2004, directed by Amir Ramsis, 2006), we learn that the Port Said singer ...

Blanca Li, Gnawa, Nana et Lila, Abdenbi Binizi (allah yarhamu)

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In a previous post I wrote about Spanish dancer Blanca Li's connection with Hassan Hakmoun and Safia Boutella. Here is a bit from an art...
Sunday, August 07, 2016

Mahraganat's march into the mainstream

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I'm doing a lot of reading and video and movie watching on the topic of mahraganat for a writing project, and I thought I...
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Ben Ehrenreich, Palestine and the Bendaly Family

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Ben Ehrenreich's new book about Palestine, The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine , has been receiving rave reviews. I final...
Friday, August 05, 2016

Very cool Cheikha Rimitti 45" jacket

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Isn't this great? First off, in Arabic the cover says al-Cheikh al-Rimitti, that is, the male form, and not Cheikha. And in Latin sc...
Saturday, July 30, 2016

My review of Reem Kelani's Live at the Tabernacle for RootsWorld

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Just published. Read it here . And my advice to you: buy the album!
Monday, July 25, 2016

Star Trek Beyond marginalia: Safia Boutella

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I've not yet seen Star Trek Beyond but I plan to. Safia Boutella, who plays the alien scavenger Jaylah, has received quite good reviews...
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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Review of Aziza Brahim's "Abbar el Hamada"

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Back in late May, I reviewed Spain-based Sahrawi singer Aziza Brahim's fourth album, Abbar el Hamada , for RootsWorld . Read it here . A...
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Ted Swedenburg
Professor of Anthropology, University of Arkansas. Author of Memories of Revolt: The 1936-39 Rebellion and the Palestinian National Past. Co-editor of Palestine, Israel and the Politics of Popular Culture and of Displacement, Diaspora, and Geographies of Identity.
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