Sunday, January 27, 2008
thank you
a big and warm applause for all men and women of honour who rallied in supoort for teh people of gaza in the united states, defying the powerful israeli lobby and demonstrating outside the israeli consulates
and to the few zionists who tried to launch a counter-protest, a big "screw you"
Monday, December 31, 2007
2007: a year of struggle
By Jonathan SpollenFirst Published: December 30, 2007
In 2007 Egypt witnessed an unprecedented level of labor unrest as workers from textile factories to public transport to tax collectors went on strike, mainly over low wages and poor working conditions. According to the Egyptian Workers and Trade Union Watch (EWTUW) there were over 580 industrial actions this year alone.The Egyptian and much of the international press were awash with footage and images of angry workers holding sit-in protests, marching through the streets and reading out demands. The various strikes were particularly sensational given the general silence over labor issues in Egypt, where independent trade unions are illegal. Many analysts pointed to the anti-governmental nature of the strikes, noting workers’ demands for the legalization of independent trade unions and the halt of neo-liberal economic reforms, and suggested that they doubled as a form of political protest on a scale that organizations like the Kefaya Movement for Change have failed to achieve.The textile industry saw a series of strikes in 2007 throughout the Nile Delta. By far the largest in terms of size and publicity was at the Misr Spinning and Weaving Company in Al-Mahalla Al-Kobra. Unrest at this factory first began in late 2006, inspiring a wave of similar strikes in the following months. After workers had seemingly succeeded in securing from the government increased pay and an investigation into alleged corruption within the plant’s leadership, their demands were never met. In September this year they walked off the job again and erected a tent-city inside the gates of the plant to support their 25,000-strong protest. For five days groups of employees were televised beating drums and chanting slogans demanding the dismissal of the chairman of the company Mahmoud El-Gebali. The government carried out this demand at the end of November, and also agreed to follow through with the guarantees it had made in December of the previous year about wage rises, bonus payments and improving working conditions. “The workers are very happy, this is a big victory for us,” Mohamed El Attar, one of the leaders of the Mahalla movement, told Daily News Egypt. “But our demands haven’t all been fulfilled yet. This is not over.”Away for the factories, in January railway workers prevented a first-class train from leaving from Cairo to Alexandria, and threatened a national stoppage until the government agreed to their demands. Throughout the strike Metro workers slowed their trains from 55 to 20 miles per hour in solidarity. Metro workers were involved again on May 1, when almost 3,000 transportation workers including bus drivers, ticket collectors and maintenance technicians occupied the Nasr and Fateh bus stations in Nasr City preventing the use of public buses to demand wage increases. The following day 1,000 Metro workers with similar demands joined in. “I can barely afford to feed my family,” one Metro Authority employee and father of three told the press. “My monthly salary, which comes to about $80, doesn’t last 10 days.” Two days of subsequent negotiations resulted in a promise from the transportation ministry that workers’ complaints would be looked into. In early December, Railway safety technicians maintained a protest of about 50 men in Ramses station to protest low wages and working conditions, and blamed station masters and higher management for Egypt’s notoriously poor railway safety record. Some of their demands were metSoon the striking fever reached Egypt’s civil servants. Following a series of strikes that began in April, about 55,000 Real Estate tax collectors, shut down their offices and went on strike. Hundreds of them from all over the country protested outside the Cabinet office in downtown Cairo early December for 10 days demanding increased wages. They demanded that the Real Estate Tax Authority, which is now affiliate to the local municipalities, be returned to the Ministry of Finance, as it was prior to 1974. They also called for the resignation of the head of the Real Estate Tax Authority, Ismail Abdel Rasoul, whom they claim had intentionally misinformed the government with regards to workers’ pay rates. After Finance Minister Youssef Boutros Ghali agreed to demands, and promised them a two-month Eid bonus, the protest was disbanded until early January 2008 to allow the government time to formulate the relevant decree.Away from cold December pavements, in August workers at the furnace section of the Helwan Iron and Steel Mills were appalled to find their already modest salaries had been reduced in the form of a bonus cut of 11 percent. Management claimed there had been a decrease in overtime shifts. Workers didn’t buy it, and 1,500 of them refused to collect their salaries in protest. After successfully resisting pressure to collect their wages by state security officers who were called in, company chairman Abdel Aziz Hafez offered to reduce the cuts to eight percent, which workers again rejected. Eventually a compromise was reached and bonuses were cut by only three percent. Other strikes of note included that of El-Qawmiya Cement Company in Helwan where 500 workers staged a sit-in protest in May when they weren’t paid their promised bonuses. They gathered in front of the office of the CEO Nabil El-Gabri demanding their full annual bonuses, until the arrival of State Security bureau officer Ashraf Shoura who guaranteed their demands would be met. Workers involved in the postal-service, the Suez Canal, telecommunications and garbage collection were all reported to have gone on strikes of varying size during 2007.
In 2007 Egypt witnessed an unprecedented level of labor unrest as workers from textile factories to public transport to tax collectors went on strike, mainly over low wages and poor working conditions. According to the Egyptian Workers and Trade Union Watch (EWTUW) there were over 580 industrial actions this year alone.The Egyptian and much of the international press were awash with footage and images of angry workers holding sit-in protests, marching through the streets and reading out demands. The various strikes were particularly sensational given the general silence over labor issues in Egypt, where independent trade unions are illegal. Many analysts pointed to the anti-governmental nature of the strikes, noting workers’ demands for the legalization of independent trade unions and the halt of neo-liberal economic reforms, and suggested that they doubled as a form of political protest on a scale that organizations like the Kefaya Movement for Change have failed to achieve.The textile industry saw a series of strikes in 2007 throughout the Nile Delta. By far the largest in terms of size and publicity was at the Misr Spinning and Weaving Company in Al-Mahalla Al-Kobra. Unrest at this factory first began in late 2006, inspiring a wave of similar strikes in the following months. After workers had seemingly succeeded in securing from the government increased pay and an investigation into alleged corruption within the plant’s leadership, their demands were never met. In September this year they walked off the job again and erected a tent-city inside the gates of the plant to support their 25,000-strong protest. For five days groups of employees were televised beating drums and chanting slogans demanding the dismissal of the chairman of the company Mahmoud El-Gebali. The government carried out this demand at the end of November, and also agreed to follow through with the guarantees it had made in December of the previous year about wage rises, bonus payments and improving working conditions. “The workers are very happy, this is a big victory for us,” Mohamed El Attar, one of the leaders of the Mahalla movement, told Daily News Egypt. “But our demands haven’t all been fulfilled yet. This is not over.”Away for the factories, in January railway workers prevented a first-class train from leaving from Cairo to Alexandria, and threatened a national stoppage until the government agreed to their demands. Throughout the strike Metro workers slowed their trains from 55 to 20 miles per hour in solidarity. Metro workers were involved again on May 1, when almost 3,000 transportation workers including bus drivers, ticket collectors and maintenance technicians occupied the Nasr and Fateh bus stations in Nasr City preventing the use of public buses to demand wage increases. The following day 1,000 Metro workers with similar demands joined in. “I can barely afford to feed my family,” one Metro Authority employee and father of three told the press. “My monthly salary, which comes to about $80, doesn’t last 10 days.” Two days of subsequent negotiations resulted in a promise from the transportation ministry that workers’ complaints would be looked into. In early December, Railway safety technicians maintained a protest of about 50 men in Ramses station to protest low wages and working conditions, and blamed station masters and higher management for Egypt’s notoriously poor railway safety record. Some of their demands were metSoon the striking fever reached Egypt’s civil servants. Following a series of strikes that began in April, about 55,000 Real Estate tax collectors, shut down their offices and went on strike. Hundreds of them from all over the country protested outside the Cabinet office in downtown Cairo early December for 10 days demanding increased wages. They demanded that the Real Estate Tax Authority, which is now affiliate to the local municipalities, be returned to the Ministry of Finance, as it was prior to 1974. They also called for the resignation of the head of the Real Estate Tax Authority, Ismail Abdel Rasoul, whom they claim had intentionally misinformed the government with regards to workers’ pay rates. After Finance Minister Youssef Boutros Ghali agreed to demands, and promised them a two-month Eid bonus, the protest was disbanded until early January 2008 to allow the government time to formulate the relevant decree.Away from cold December pavements, in August workers at the furnace section of the Helwan Iron and Steel Mills were appalled to find their already modest salaries had been reduced in the form of a bonus cut of 11 percent. Management claimed there had been a decrease in overtime shifts. Workers didn’t buy it, and 1,500 of them refused to collect their salaries in protest. After successfully resisting pressure to collect their wages by state security officers who were called in, company chairman Abdel Aziz Hafez offered to reduce the cuts to eight percent, which workers again rejected. Eventually a compromise was reached and bonuses were cut by only three percent. Other strikes of note included that of El-Qawmiya Cement Company in Helwan where 500 workers staged a sit-in protest in May when they weren’t paid their promised bonuses. They gathered in front of the office of the CEO Nabil El-Gabri demanding their full annual bonuses, until the arrival of State Security bureau officer Ashraf Shoura who guaranteed their demands would be met. Workers involved in the postal-service, the Suez Canal, telecommunications and garbage collection were all reported to have gone on strikes of varying size during 2007.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
"we are all soldiers"
the american adminstration claims that the attacks on its forces in iraq is winding down, but yet this report by aljazeera sheds some light on the real status of the iraqi resistance
also in this report, a different image is rpresentd for iraqi women , a image you rareley see on us corporate media
also in this report, a different image is rpresentd for iraqi women , a image you rareley see on us corporate media
Sunday, December 2, 2007
who are we?
Ibrahim Mousawi the editor of Al Intiqad, Hezbollah's newspaper , speaks in the world against war conference that was held in london on decemver 1st , trying to explain the reality of this struggle and the people involved in it
Monday, November 19, 2007
"A few bad apples"
How many times have you heard this expression"a few bad apples"it the term that the bush administration uses whenever the atrocities committed by its forces in either Iraq or Afghanistan is exposed to the public.The term indicates that no matter how many Iraqis are tortured in Abu gharib, or how many Afghanis are killed in bagram air base, or how many "detainees" are abused in guantanamo bay, the torturers and the murderers are simply "a few bad apples".In other words, every case of torture or murder is done by individuals don't represent the us as a whole.Well, using the same logic, wouldn't be appropriate to say that the members of alqaeda are just "a few bad people" who don't represent Islam or Muslims in general?
Sunday, October 28, 2007
what abou the refugees?
the fire in california left around a million american citizens homeless,it also created a new media frenzy for the corporate tv networks in the us,almost each network is now covering the story of the homeless americans, some are even concerned with their pets!
but a 4 million iraqi refugees is a figure that is not even worth mentioning in american media
why? it is simple,the american audience should always be kept with the impression that everything is going well in "liberated' thanks to the american "presence" there!
it is an attitude that is not only self delusional, it stands on the edge of racism.
but a 4 million iraqi refugees is a figure that is not even worth mentioning in american media
why? it is simple,the american audience should always be kept with the impression that everything is going well in "liberated' thanks to the american "presence" there!
it is an attitude that is not only self delusional, it stands on the edge of racism.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
consider the source
no wonder american audience believe that women in the muslim world are opressed when their source on muslim women is Ayan hersi ali!
it is no surprise that they beleive they are threatned by the so called "islamo-facism" when their source on islam is christopher hitchens!
it doesn't surprise me at all that they did beleive that iraq had weapons of mass destruction when their source on iraq is simply "fox news"!
you always need to consider the source.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
british general: our enemies are not "bad people"
a uk genaeral decribes the iraqi "insurgents" as "iraqi nationalists" and says that mainly they are not "bad people"
thanks for lenin tomb for this video
http://leninology.blogspot.com/2007/09/official-iraqi-resistance-is-decent.html
thanks for lenin tomb for this video
http://leninology.blogspot.com/2007/09/official-iraqi-resistance-is-decent.html
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
too much for a democracy
i saw this video today at an anti-war website , it shows a student at folrida university asking question to senator john kerry, when he gets to a point when asks about impeaching bush, the police came in to arrest him , and later , even worse,they tasered him!
now if this happened in my university , i wouldnt have found it strange , we are living in a police state, but in the us? too much for the land of the free
the good news is the students at folrida university are already moving against what happened
all my respect and solidarity goes to andrew meyer and his coleagues
now if this happened in my university , i wouldnt have found it strange , we are living in a police state, but in the us? too much for the land of the free
the good news is the students at folrida university are already moving against what happened
all my respect and solidarity goes to andrew meyer and his coleagues
Friday, September 14, 2007
Civilian Death Toll in Iraq May Top One Million
By Tina Susman The Los Angeles Times
Friday 14 September 2007
A British survey offers the highest estimate to date. At least 4 die in a Sadr City car bombing.
Baghdad - A car bomb blew up in the capital's Shiite Muslim neighborhood of Sadr City on Thursday, killing at least four people, as a new survey suggested that the civilian death toll from the war could be more than 1 million.
The figure from ORB, a British polling agency that has conducted several surveys in Iraq, followed statements this week from the U.S. military defending itself against accusations it was trying to play down Iraqi deaths to make its strategy appear successful.
The military has said civilian deaths from sectarian violence have fallen more than 55% since President Bush sent an additional 28,500 troops to Iraq this year, but it does not provide specific numbers.
According to the ORB poll, a survey of 1,461 adults suggested that the total number slain during more than four years of war was more than 1.2 million.
ORB said it drew its conclusion from responses to the question about those living under one roof: "How many members of your household, if any, have died as a result of the conflict in Iraq since 2003?"
Based on Iraq's estimated number of households - 4,050,597 - it said the 1.2 million figure was reasonable.
There was no way to verify the number, because the government does not provide a full count of civilian deaths. Neither does the U.S. military.
Both, however, say that independent organizations greatly exaggerate estimates of civilian casualties.
ORB said its poll had a margin of error of 2.4%. According to its findings, nearly one in two households in Baghdad had lost at least one member to war- related violence, and 22% of households nationwide had suffered at least one death. It said 48% of the victims were shot to death and 20% died as a result of car bombs, with other explosions and military bombardments blamed for most of the other fatalities.
The survey was conducted last month.
It was the highest estimate given so far of civilian deaths in Iraq. Last year, a study in the medical journal Lancet put the number at 654,965, which Iraq's government has dismissed as "ridiculous."
Friday 14 September 2007
A British survey offers the highest estimate to date. At least 4 die in a Sadr City car bombing.
Baghdad - A car bomb blew up in the capital's Shiite Muslim neighborhood of Sadr City on Thursday, killing at least four people, as a new survey suggested that the civilian death toll from the war could be more than 1 million.
The figure from ORB, a British polling agency that has conducted several surveys in Iraq, followed statements this week from the U.S. military defending itself against accusations it was trying to play down Iraqi deaths to make its strategy appear successful.
The military has said civilian deaths from sectarian violence have fallen more than 55% since President Bush sent an additional 28,500 troops to Iraq this year, but it does not provide specific numbers.
According to the ORB poll, a survey of 1,461 adults suggested that the total number slain during more than four years of war was more than 1.2 million.
ORB said it drew its conclusion from responses to the question about those living under one roof: "How many members of your household, if any, have died as a result of the conflict in Iraq since 2003?"
Based on Iraq's estimated number of households - 4,050,597 - it said the 1.2 million figure was reasonable.
There was no way to verify the number, because the government does not provide a full count of civilian deaths. Neither does the U.S. military.
Both, however, say that independent organizations greatly exaggerate estimates of civilian casualties.
ORB said its poll had a margin of error of 2.4%. According to its findings, nearly one in two households in Baghdad had lost at least one member to war- related violence, and 22% of households nationwide had suffered at least one death. It said 48% of the victims were shot to death and 20% died as a result of car bombs, with other explosions and military bombardments blamed for most of the other fatalities.
The survey was conducted last month.
It was the highest estimate given so far of civilian deaths in Iraq. Last year, a study in the medical journal Lancet put the number at 654,965, which Iraq's government has dismissed as "ridiculous."
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
ramadan kareem
Happy Season's greetings for all of you, It is the holy month of Ramadan. Back again to spiritual reclamation and meditation. Always with this time of the year clear conscious and lovable hearts are aiming for God's forgiveness. So let's get back to what our human nature supposed to be. Let generosity bound our community, love fill our hearts and forgiveness spread among us all Muslims, Christians and all human being.
This is my wishes to you
Happy Holy Month of Ramadan
This is my wishes to you
Happy Holy Month of Ramadan
Sunday, September 9, 2007
support this lawsuit
the american civil society seems to be taking action while we arabs are still off the scene,the american civil liberties union has filed a lawsuit against the american ministry of defence demanding that it comply with a Freedom of Information Act request to release documents regarding civilians killed by coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
i think the least we should, and whatever it outcome may be, is to support the union in this lawsuit.
it is not their cause alone, it is also ours
read the press release here:
to contact and support
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
redacted
finally ,someone in hollywood stood up and said the truth about the situation in iraq.
director brian de palma who is no stranger to controversial issues shocked the audeince in venice film festival when he represented his new film "redacted" that tells the true story of the rape and murder of 14 years old abeer alganabi on the hands of 5 american soldiers.
the 66 years old director siad that " The movie is an attempt to bring the reality of what is happening in Iraq to the American people"
he also talked in a recent interview about how amazed he was with the similarities between the iraq war and vietnam which tackled in other films like "casualities of war".
thanks for this film mr.de palma , can't wait to see it in thatre.
Monday, September 3, 2007
dictatorship? what dictatorship?
whenever faced with questions like "where are those wmd's you told us about"? or "what are acheiving in iraq"? the neocon adminstration would repeat the same argument "arent you glad that we've rid the iraqi people and the world from a brutal dictator"?
a dictator? hmmm,that's weird ,because for someone who knows as little about history as i do , i can recall the following:
this us backed and still back a neighbour of iraq named saudi arabia, the prison state, a corrupt monarchy who just happen to be this president as well as his dad's business associates.
and just to the north of iraq there's another dictatorship called the jordanian royal family who is also backed by the us for a clear and simple reason , they are best friends with israel.
not to mention ofcourse the dictatorship in egypt that receives the second largest us aid.
on the other hand, the same adminstration that was so concerned with democracy to the extent that it invaded a soverign country in order to impose it , engineered a coup d'etat in 2002 against an elected president called hugo chavez.
not to mention its ongoing demonization of another elected president , iran's ahmedi najad who got 60% of the votes of his people (that's more than george bush ever got, even by an election fraud)
some people may call this "selective morality" i call it what it is : hypocrisy and double standards.
a dictator? hmmm,that's weird ,because for someone who knows as little about history as i do , i can recall the following:
this us backed and still back a neighbour of iraq named saudi arabia, the prison state, a corrupt monarchy who just happen to be this president as well as his dad's business associates.
and just to the north of iraq there's another dictatorship called the jordanian royal family who is also backed by the us for a clear and simple reason , they are best friends with israel.
not to mention ofcourse the dictatorship in egypt that receives the second largest us aid.
on the other hand, the same adminstration that was so concerned with democracy to the extent that it invaded a soverign country in order to impose it , engineered a coup d'etat in 2002 against an elected president called hugo chavez.
not to mention its ongoing demonization of another elected president , iran's ahmedi najad who got 60% of the votes of his people (that's more than george bush ever got, even by an election fraud)
some people may call this "selective morality" i call it what it is : hypocrisy and double standards.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
the simpsons vs fox news
when you have a right wing media channel as racist and "conservative" as foxnews , who is better to face them than america's most "liberal" family
yes,THE SIMPSONS
yes,THE SIMPSONS
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
get the troops home now
whenever faced with pleads to withdraw its troops from occupied iraq, the bush adminstration raises the famous banner "support the troops" to silence any call of that kind.
but what if all the "support" that the troops really want is to get them out of iraq ? to get them back home to their families and loved ones?
what if they are already cheering for a call like that?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18258.htm
p.s: the soldiers want to come back home "alive", not in coffins.
but what if all the "support" that the troops really want is to get them out of iraq ? to get them back home to their families and loved ones?
what if they are already cheering for a call like that?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18258.htm
p.s: the soldiers want to come back home "alive", not in coffins.
Sunday, August 26, 2007
the iraqis dont deserve us, so we betray them
..By Robert Fisk
08/23/07 "The Independent"
Always, we have betrayed them. We backed "Flossy" in Yemen. The French backed their local "harkis" in Algeria; then the FLN victory forced them to swallow their own French military medals before dispatching them into mass graves. In Vietnam, the Americans demanded democracy and, one by one - after praising the Vietnamese for voting under fire in so many cities, towns and villages - they destroyed the elected prime ministers because they were not abiding by American orders. Now we are at work in Iraq. Those pesky Iraqis don't deserve our sacrifice, it seems, because their elected leaders are not doing what we want them to do.Does that remind you of a Palestinian organisation called Hamas? First, the Americans loved Ahmed Chalabi, the man who fabricated for Washington the"'weapons of mass destruction" (with a hefty bank fraud charge on his back). Then, they loved Ayad Allawi, a Vietnam-style spook who admitted working for 26 intelligence organisations, including the CIA and MI6. Then came Ibrahim al-Jaafari, symbol of electoral law, whom the Americans loved, supported, loved again and destroyed. Couldn't get his act together. It was up to the Iraqis, of course, but the Americans wanted him out. And the seat of the Iraqi government - a never-never land in the humidity of Baghdad's green zone - lay next to the largest US embassy in the world. So goodbye, Ibrahim.Then there was Nouri al-Maliki, a man with whom Bush could "do business"; loved, supported and loved again until Carl Levin and the rest of the US Senate Armed Forces Committee - and, be sure, George W Bush - decided he couldn't fulfil America's wishes. He couldn't get the army together, couldn't pull the police into shape, an odd demand when US military forces were funding and arming some of the most brutal Sunni militias in Baghdad, and was too close to Tehran.There you have it. We overthrew Saddam's Sunni minority and the Iraqis elected the Shias into power, and all those old Iranian acolytes who had grown up under the Islamic Revolution in exile from the Iraq-Iran war - Jaafari was a senior member of the Islamic Dawaa party which was enthusiastically seizing Western hostages in Beirut in the 1980s and trying to blow up our friend the Emir of Kuwait - were voted into power. So blame the Iranians for their "interference" in Iraq when Iran's own creatures had been voted into power.And now, get rid of Maliki. Chap doesn't know how to unify his own people, for God's sake. No interference, of course. It's up to the Iraqis, or at least, it's up to the Iraqis who live under American protection in the green zone. The word in the Middle East - where the "plot" (al-moammarer) has the power of reality - is that Maliki's cosy trips to Tehran and Damascus these past two weeks have been the final straw for the fantasists in Washington. Because Iran and Syria are part of the axis of evil or the cradle of evil or whatever nonsense Bush and his cohorts and the Israelis dream up, take a look at the $30bn in arms heading to Israel in the next decade in the cause of "peace".Maliki's state visits to the crazed Ahmedinejad and the much more serious Bashar al-Assad appear to be, in Henry VIII's words, "treachery, treachery, treachery". But Maliki is showing loyalty to his former Iranian masters and their Syrian Alawite allies (the Alawites being an interesting satellite of the Shias).These creatures - let us use the right word - belong to us and thus we can step on them when we wish. We will not learn - we will never learn, it seems - the key to Iraq. The majority of the people are Muslim Shias. The majority of their leaders, including the "fiery" Muqtada al-Sadr were trained, nurtured, weaned, loved, taught in Iran. And now, suddenly, we hate them. The Iraqis do not deserve us. This is to be the grit on the sand that will give our tanks traction to leave Iraq. Bring on the clowns! Maybe they can help us too.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
the war on democracy
iam a big fan of the works of award winning journalist and film maker john pilger, throughout his career he made about 55 documentaries , he is one of few journalist in this world who try to dig hard for the truth and unfold realities no matter how ugly they may be.
in his latest film and his first major film for the cinema "the war on democracy", pilger who reported from palestine, vietnam,south africa and else where,returns to a part of the world that has long been called "the backyard of the united states", now it is called by leftist british writer tariq ali "the axis of hope".
It is latin america and its people who are engagged now in a struggle for the oldest human purpose :to be free
you can watch it on line here
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
modou: music that unites the world
Modou Le Joueur de Hang
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a few days ago, i was invited by modou gay, a musician from sengal and a personal friend of mine to watch a documentray about his journay made by a french director , the film focused on the kind of music modou is trying to make : a rare mix of traditional "sufi" music with modern jazz, to do so , modou travels to countries like :egypt,switzerland and france.
his musical instrument "the hang" fits to almost evey musical style we see in the film , wether traditional oriental music , nubian or jazz.
after watching the film and talking to modou about his journy , i remembered what i was told in my childhood about music "it is the only language all humans can understand"
it is probabley people like modou who can run a "dialogue" between different cultures far better than any politican
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a few days ago, i was invited by modou gay, a musician from sengal and a personal friend of mine to watch a documentray about his journay made by a french director , the film focused on the kind of music modou is trying to make : a rare mix of traditional "sufi" music with modern jazz, to do so , modou travels to countries like :egypt,switzerland and france.
his musical instrument "the hang" fits to almost evey musical style we see in the film , wether traditional oriental music , nubian or jazz.
after watching the film and talking to modou about his journy , i remembered what i was told in my childhood about music "it is the only language all humans can understand"
it is probabley people like modou who can run a "dialogue" between different cultures far better than any politican
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