Neyssatou (Badiaa Bouhrizi) & Nedjim Bouizzoul - Labess (live, Montréal)
Ahl al-Kahf: Graffiti (In both Arabic and English) via Jadaliyya
This video is part of an ongoing series presented in cooperation with Al-Arabi Al-Hor. The films, which are produced by Al-Arabi Al-Hor, portray the daily lives of its featured individuals, following the positive and negative effects of the Arab uprisings on them. The camera follows individuals of different generations and classes, whether from urban centers or rural areas, in rich neighborhoods or poor slums. The films also portray their activities across different Arab regions, the borders of which are difficult to cross for reasons that are well known.
This video is entiteld “Ahl al-Kahf: Graffiti,” and is directed by Ridha Tlili. In the Tunisian capital, Zied and Mohammed Ali (both from the Ahl al-Kahf group) are preparing political tags calling for real change. Both young men believe that Ben Ali’s old regime is still present in the post-revolution transitional government as well as in the minds of the people. They believe the time has come to get rid of it completely. Ahl al-Kahf (Arabic for “people of the cave”) was founded during the revolution in Tunisia by young local revolutionary artists. Influenced by Banksy, Ernest Pignon, Foucault, De Leuze, and Negri, the believe that their groups is a “universal movement beyond borders, breaking limits and opening up to the possibility of setting up a new worked.”
(via azaadi)
“Slingshots vs. White Phosphorous Bombs,” Vittorio Arrigoni, read by Huwaida Arraf.
Calligraffiti by Niels Shoe Meulman
Video by Adele Renault
(via hummussexual)
Nneka - Valley (live)
Angela Davis and Grace Lee Boggs at EWOCC 2012.
Selection of Poems by Suheir Hammad. Al-Bustan Arab Music Concert Series.
Music performance with takht ensemble led by Music Director Hanna Khoury on violin, with Kinan Idnawi on oud, Kinan Abou-afach on cello, and Hafez El Ali Kotain on percussion.
9 December 2011, Trinity Center for Urban Life, Philadelphia.
The making of the Khaled Said Berlin Wall mural.
“We are all Khaled Said” - Berlin Wall
The famous German photo realist and graffiti artist Andreas von Chrzanowski aka Case painted two original pieces of the Berlin Wall. Zahraa Kassem wrote on the wall: “Khaled’s rights are Egypt’s rights”. The designer Mohamed Gaber created a “We are all Khaled Said” calligraphy which was painted under the portrait by Case.
The rap song heard in the video was written and performed by Khaled Said himself in 2007.
Big Bang Big Boom, yet more street art animation by Blu.
Gaza Strip (2002)
A documentary by James Longley
Full film shared freely by the filmmaker on Vimeo.
(via James Longley)
Word.
Massar Egbari - Hawi
(“Compulsory Detour - Magician”)
Acoustic version, performed at the Alexandria Arts Center.
(via aomassoud)
RIP brother. He’ll be missed much but not enough.
Gil Scott-Heron - Winter in America
(Central Park Summerstage, NYC, June 27, 2010)
“It’s winter in America, and ain’t nobody fighting ‘cause nobody knows what to save …”
(via extplay)
