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"Reclaimed Middle eastern 1970s idol" of the year
It’s a tie! Dalida vs Googoosh. Too tough to call! 2007 was the year that I discovered both of these singers- both giants in their home territories. Dalida was the Egyptian beauty queen who… more »
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A great love
ultimathuleambient wrote 2 months ago: One of the drawbacks of maintaining a decades-long commitment to the promotion of such a broad and … more »
The Oud Plays for Peace
Gershom Gorenberg wrote 3 months ago: It’s become dangerous to play the oud in Baghdad, the New York Times reports today. Religious … more »
Sex Power
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ultimathuleambient wrote 3 months ago: The following video - evidently a clip from the obscure 1970 film Sex Power by French director Henri … more »
the occasional random world song
beckybradway wrote 3 months ago: Cheb Mami’s Rim Lachoua I’m going to pop up some thoughts about individual world songs … more »
Middle Eastern Diametrics...
Andrew wrote 3 months ago: So here’s the first post. Here are two quite diametrically opposed videos from two sing … more »
Sacred sounds from north Africa
ultimathuleambient wrote 4 months ago: Over the past few weeks my YouTube wanderings have led me in some interesting new directions, as we … more »
Divahn--an all female band playing all Middle Eastern Jewish music
beckybradway wrote 5 months ago: I got an email from a friend with a Denver University connection. She’s involved in many thi … more »
Muslim Girls in Music
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sixpillarstopersia wrote 6 months ago: Propelled by the story of Deeyah (aka the Muslim Madonna) and her encouragement of other Muslim gir … more »
Alsiadi - Middle Eastern music
cyberquills wrote 6 months ago: Are you interested in Middle Eastern music? Do you play the Oud, Qanun, Ney, or Darrabukka? Ever won … more »
Oud oddities
Allison wrote 7 months ago: Are you curious about the unusual? Are you into Middle-Eastern music? Do you pluck for a living (st … more »
"Reclaimed Middle eastern 1970s idol" of the year
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ilbonito wrote 7 months ago: It’s a tie! Dalida vs Googoosh. Too tough to call! 2007 was the year that I discovered bot … more »
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ilbonito wrote 8 months ago: Go Googoosh ! whoah…awesome funky! The “Dalida” of pre-Islamic revolutionary Iran … more »
ilbonito wrote 10 months ago: Which is gayer: this…. Dalida - Laissez-moi danser (Monday-Tuesday) … more »
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