The music of Marcel Khalife
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
Marcel Khalife (Wikipedia article)
Mahmoud Darwish (Wikipedia article)
A New World Order, A New Marcel Khalife
Khalife's music and politics: Browse these entries about Marcel Khalife in Freemuse, a website dedicated to freedom of musical expression.
Watch this interview with Marcel Khalife
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 this chronological newspaper archive:
Browse the summary of the 1999 controversy on Marcel Khalife's website
Thought question: Why do you suppose the song created much more controversy than the poem?
