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 [...]
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‘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 »
The ‘Venice and Egypt’ exhibit disappoints
Posted in Vernissages, tagged arte, BBC, Belzoni Battista Giovanni, Caffi, colonialism, cultura, culture, Edward Said, Egypt, Enrico Maria Dal Pozzolo, Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, Giorgione, Kultur, Maria Pia Pedani, Middle East, Paoletti Pietro, Rossella Dorigo, Tiepolo, Tintoretto, Venedig, Venezia, Venice, Venice and Egypt on January 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In the tourist Mecca of Saint Mark’s Square in Venice, the Doge’s Palace is currently holding an exhibition called “Venice and Egypt.” The publicity material on the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia website entices the visitor with “the thousand-year old relationship between Venice and Egypt narrated for the first time ever.” Viewers will experience “a [...]
