The Arab world’s most famous comic actor, Adel Imam, has received a three-month jail sentence for insulting Islam in films and plays, a court document showed on Thursday. Imam, who has frequently poked fun at authorities and politicians of all colors during a 40-year career, has one month to appeal the sentence and will remain [...]
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Egyptian film star sentenced for insulting Islam
Posted in Art as a matter of life, tagged Adel Imam, Arab Springs, art, autoritarian, Christian, Coptic, culture, democracy, Egypt, freddom, human right, Islam, liberal, liberty, Muslim, Naguib Sawiris on February 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
‘Songs for Tahrir’: Music for and from liberation
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Arab Springs, art, contestazione, culture, democracy, Egypt, Eskendrella, human right, indignati, indignatos, Middle East, music, North Africa, Occupy Wall Street, peace, revolution, Samia Jaheen, socia right, Tahir on January 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Most times that Palestinian artist and musician Reem Kelani was in Tahrir Square, she took her tape recorder along. She weaves some of these recordings into her radio piece “Songs for Tahrir.” The focus is on song and music, and alongside the new musical sounds of a young generation — music such as the collective [...]
