Hip Hop Against the Government
Egyptian rapper Ramy Donjewan has written a song for the revolution: Against the Government...! Click here to view the embedded video. It has been translated like this: I am against the government,...
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Nachruf auf Ahmed Basiony
Ahmed Basyoni starb an den Demonstrationen der ägyptischen Revolution 2011 infolge von Schussverletzungen. Ein Portrait dieses ägyptischen Klang- und Medienkünstlers. Podcast In Gedenken an den...
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‘Martyr Pop’– Made in Egypt
During the 2011 revolution, most Egyptian pop singers said nothing. Now they are back and praising the national martyrs in song. A PR gaffe or more? One of the pop-culture phenomena coming out of the...
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Arab Awakening Mixtape
We collected sounds and quotes from Radio National broadcasts from the revolutions in the Arab World. In February 2011, the news of revolution spreading across the Arab world inspired two Melbourne...
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Neue Klänge aus dem Iran
Ramin Sadighi spricht über den Iran nach der Grünen Revolution und die neusten Veröffentlichungen auf seinem Teheraner Label Hermes Records. Während sich der Blick der Weltöffentlichkeit auf die...
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Soundtrack der arabischen Revolutionen
Christian Scholze vom renommierten Weltmusik-Label Network Medien hat mit Mounir Hentati und Simon Louzani wichtige Lieder der politischen Revolutionen in Ägypten und Tunesien gesammelt und teilweise...
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Revolutionsmusiker wird geehrt
Ramy Essam, Protestsänger aus Ägypten, erhält den Freemuse Award 2011. Sein Song "Irhal" ("Hau ab") wurde letzten Februar zur Hymne der Proteste auf dem Kairoer Tahrir-Platz. Nun wird er für sein...
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2011 – das Jahr der arabischen (Hip Hop) Revolution
Radio-Interview mit dem amerikanischen Hip-Hop-Kenner Jackson Allers über die Bedeutung des Hip Hop für die Revolutionen in der arabischen Welt. Foto von Jackson Allers Blog "Beats and Breath" 2011 –...
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Criticising the Syrian Regime with Finger Puppets
Daring young Syrian filmmakers, toiling in anonymity in a Damascus basement, have crafted an award-winning film critiquing with bold humor the brutal repression occurring around them. Because showing...
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Wenn der Esel Geige spielt…
...dann droht Gefängnis. So erging es dem Blogger und Aktivisten Emin Milli in Aserbaidschan. Er spricht über den European Song Contest 2012 in Baku und seine Hoffnungen für eine Demokratisierung...
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Alternative Musik in Kairo: Aufbruch & Verwirrung
Die alternativen Musikszenen in Kairo sind in den letzten Jahren stark gewachsen. Metal, Indie Rock, Punk, Rap, Elektronika, Mahragan - es sollen rund 600 Bands, Kollektive und DJs sein. Die...
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Tamer Hosny – The army, the revolution and his fans
Working as a musician during times of a revolution can be a hard thing to do. The Egyptian pop singer Tamer Hosny has to maintain a balance between those in power and his fan base. A thin line. To the...
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Protest Music in Hong Kong
The umbrella has become the symbol of ongoing protests in Hong Kong. It appears in the art of a growing protest movement. New songs accompany the demonstrations, and speak out peacefully for democracy....
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How to Get Rid of the Man
The nigerian singer Temi DollFace claims womanhood as a source of strength. Her song «Pata Pata» is a lively example for deconstructing patriarchal norms and clichés with a lot of humour, that stays...
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Change Is Now
Queer feminist Swedish rapper Silvana Imam questions privileges and fights for a global feminist movement. However, the interview shows that her protest is not made out of empty slogans, but out of...
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Neue Klänge aus dem Iran
Ramin Sadighi spricht über den Iran nach der Grünen Revolution und die neusten Veröffentlichungen auf seinem Teheraner Label Hermes Records. Während sich der Blick der Weltöffentlichkeit auf die...
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Femua Festival: «Our Place Is Here!»
The FEMUA festival in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, boasts around 100,000 spectators. Today it's an important springboard for artists who are starting out, from hip hop to zouglou. A report from a gathering...
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«Martyr Pop» – Made in Egypt
During the 2011 revolution, most Egyptian pop singers said nothing. Now they are back and praising the national martyrs in song. A PR gaffe or more? One of the pop-culture phenomena coming out of the...
View ArticleArab Awakening Mixtape
In February 2011, the news of revolution spreading across the Arab world inspired two Melbourne music producers to lock themselves up in a studio for two days and compile a mixtape of songs and quotes...
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Nachruf auf Ahmed Basiony
Ahmed Basyoni starb an den Demonstrationen der ägyptischen Revolution 2011 infolge von Schussverletzungen. Ein Portrait dieses ägyptischen Klang- und Medienkünstlers. Podcast In Gedenken an den...
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