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On Bob Azzam's "Mustapha" (a.k.a. "Ya Mustapha") 11 Aug 2013 | 12:01 am
From Michel Launay's great book, Paysans Algériens: La Terre, La Vigne et Les Homme (Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1963). He is describing what he considers the negative effects of what he calls "double c...
Cheikha Rimitti record jacket 1 Aug 2013 | 06:49 am
This is from toukadime's instagram account, which is fabulous. This of course is not a photo of the Cheikha. It was common for recording companies in Algeria to put photos of European-looking models ...
Cheikha Rimitti, Charrak Gataa‘ 18 Jun 2013 | 11:42 pm
I previously posted on this song (usually translated as "Tear, Cut" or "Tear, Lacerate,") recorded in 1954, arguing that the claim that the song was an unambiguous call on young Algerian women to aban...
Dalida in kufiya 30 May 2013 | 09:30 am
The great French singing star, born in Shubra, Cairo, Egypt. I have no idea what the source of this photo is, or when or where it was taken. But I love it. And just for good luck, here's Dalida as Io...
Mahragan in Beirut (Sadat and DJ Amr 7a7a) 19 May 2013 | 12:08 am
(The Daily Star/Hasan Shaaban) Sadat and Amr 7a7a made a "surprise" appearance at the Home Works 6 forum on May 15 in Beirut. "Unassailably cool," writes Jim Quilty in The Daily Star. Read more abo...
Madonna in kufiya 12 May 2013 | 12:25 am
I posted a photo of Madonna in a kufiya back in 2010, along with a note on the scene in early 80's New York City that might have produced her accessory choice. It wasn't a very good photo. Now, at las...
Badu, Badu 27 Apr 2013 | 04:14 am
Do you think Erykah is wearing a pink kufiya in this photo, used to announce The Beat Tape Vol. 2 from her project The Cannabinoids? Which, by the way, you really should grab and listen to. Try Vol. 1...
Dabke: Sounds of the Syrian Houran, from Sham Palace 22 Apr 2013 | 06:54 am
This release from the label Sham Palace is terrific. (I say that based on listening to the samples: haven't yet purchased it. But I aim to soon.) Here is how the label describes it: Dabke is the cel...
Lebanese rapper El Rass الرأس 22 Apr 2013 | 06:39 am
When I was in Beirut last month the hip-hop heads I met there were touting Lebanese rapper El Rass as one of the most impressive of the current crop. Rima Marrouch did a nice piece on him for the LA T...
new one from Ramallah rapper boikutt 17 Apr 2013 | 09:33 pm
Palestinian rapper Boikutt (ex-Ramallah Underground, currently a member of Tashweesh and also a solo artist) contributes a terrific vocal on the Beatoven track "Falstaf," from the album Tangled (to be...
