Lebanon 1 - Track List
3 Tracks by May Nasr مي نصر – revolutionary covers from Oum Kalthoum and Ahmad Kabbour
4 Tracks by Firqet El-Ard فرقة الأرض
5 Tracks by Rima Khcheich ريما خشيش – Track 5 with Al Bustan, Philadelphia
7 Tracks by Jaafar el Touffar جعفر الطفار – featuring Maqdissi, Naissam Jalal, Osloub, Amer Taher, Amin Gharbie. Track 1 for George Abdallah, Lebanese political prisoner illegally imprisoned in a French prison. Track 3 for the Palestinian revolutionary Bassil Aarraj. Jaafar sings Ataaba عتاب, a local Bedouin form of music/poetry
5 Tracks by Sandy Chamoun and The Great Departed Band الراحل الكبير
2 Tracks by Walid Gholmieh – Mizmar مزمار and Mijwiz مجويز
4 Tracks by Shireen Abu Saad – Track 1, for the communists and anti-capitalists of the Lebanese uprising. Track 2, an early post colonial popular song written by a falafel seller. Track 3, a song from the Egyptian Simsimiya musical genre. Track 4, an Andalusian Muwa7asha, موشح أندلسي
5 Tracks by Marcel Khalifeh, with the El-Mayadine Ensemble and Al Bustan. Poetry by Mohamad El Faitouri محمد الفيتوري (Sudan) and Mahmoud Darwish (Palestine)
IMAGE BY MOHAMMAD SABAANEH
Missing in this compilation is music from the local Domari Gypsy communities. Many of the tracks you hear in these compilations use or sample instruments that Domari musicians are expert in, like particular flutes and drums. In mainstream culture, Gypsy music has been exploited and commercialised by the dominant culture, a process which is part of the general racism and discrimination against gypsy communities.
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