Sunday, May 16, 2004
"It (rap) is really close to young people because it speaks their language and it speaks about their real-life problems and social life from their point of view. We really needed this in the Arab world"
Takki,
Egyptian rap star
Aljazeera news reveals today that "Arabs rap to a different beat"
Elsewhere in current news of the Arab world, Utusan Malaysia reports on the first major post-Taliban concert held at Kabul stadium. Some criticism implied of those starchy old-fashioned conservatives who secretly hope to harshly punish any Afghanistani woman caught singing, and this bright ray of hope:
"As one concert-goer, who witnessed the execution at the stadium of a woman who murdered her husband, told AFP: 'That was the darkest period of our life under the Taliban -- but now it is over, you see we have music.' "
¶ 5/16/2004 05:53:00 PM
Takki,
Egyptian rap star
Aljazeera news reveals today that "Arabs rap to a different beat"
Elsewhere in current news of the Arab world, Utusan Malaysia reports on the first major post-Taliban concert held at Kabul stadium. Some criticism implied of those starchy old-fashioned conservatives who secretly hope to harshly punish any Afghanistani woman caught singing, and this bright ray of hope:
"As one concert-goer, who witnessed the execution at the stadium of a woman who murdered her husband, told AFP: 'That was the darkest period of our life under the Taliban -- but now it is over, you see we have music.' "
¶ 5/16/2004 05:53:00 PM
