Difference between revisions of "The music of Marcel Khalife"

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Oct 2: Religion and freedom of expression. Marcel Khalife & Mahmoud Darwish, "Ana Yusuf ya Abi". (music, documentary film; Middle East, Islam)

Assignment: Read the following.

Music, art, religion and politics: Marcel Khalife and Mahmoud Darwish

Khalife's music and politics: Browse these entries about Marcel Khalife in Freemuse, a website dedicated to freedom of musical expression.

Watch Marcel Khalife in performance (the video begins by showing the double bass; Marcel appears later, on the Arabic lute called oItalic textud)

Ana Yusuf ya Abi: the controversy

Read the poem...

Read this chronological newspaper archive:

Thought question: Why do you suppose the song created much more controversy than the poem?

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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Khalife Marcel Khalife (Wikipedia article)]
+[http://www.marcelkhalife.com/ Marcel Khalife's website]
 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Darwish Mahmoud Darwish (Wikipedia article)]
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 [http://www.mahmouddarwish.com/ Mahmoud Darwish's website]
-[http://www.marcelkhalife.com/ Marcel Khalife's website]
 [http://www.jstor.org.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/view/08992851/di011540/01p0015i/0?currentResult=08992851%2bdi011540%2b01p0015i%2b0%2c07&searchUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fsearch%2FBasicResults%3Fhp%3D25%26si%3D1%26gw%3Djtx%26jtxsi%3D1%26jcpsi%3D1%26artsi%3D1%26 A New World Order, A New Marcel Khalife]