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The Influence of Rap in the Arab Spring
Augsburg Honors Review Volume 6 Article 12 2013 The Influence of apr in the Arab Spring Samantha Cantrall Augsburg College Follow this and additional works at: https://idun.augsburg.edu/honors_review Part of the Political Science Commons Recommended Citation Cantrall, Samantha (2013) "The Influence of apr in the Arab Spring," Augsburg Honors Review: Vol. 6 , Article 12. Available at: https://idun.augsburg.edu/honors_review/vol6/iss1/12 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Undergraduate at Idun. It has been accepted for inclusion in Augsburg Honors Review by an authorized editor of Idun. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE IruFLUENCE oF RAP IN THE AnAB SPRING ey SaHaANTHA Carurneu-AuGSBURc CollEGE Enculry Anvrson: Dn. Roeenr Srecrcr BSTRACT: Throughout history, music has been influential in social, reli- gious, and political disputes. In the early 21st century, change in the estab- order can be found in expressing the need for reform halfway around the world in the Middle East's Arab Spring. Rap artists such as El General (Tunisia), GAB (Libya), and Omar Offendum (Syria) used their talents to both spark and en- courage protestors during the early days of the Middle Eastern protests that began in late 2010; these protests have since been coined "The Arab Spring." The energy that could have been used to wield guns and bombs was instead poured into protest music that these and other artists produced during this time period. The relatively Western genre of rap music became integral in peaceful citizens protests happening all over the Middle East. -
Hip Hop from '48 Palestine
Social Text Hip Hop from ’48 Palestine Youth, Music, and the Present/Absent Sunaina Maira and Magid Shihade This essay sheds light on the ways in which a particular group of Palestin- ian youth offers a critical perspective on national identity in the colonial present, using hip hop to stretch the boundaries of nation and articulate the notion of a present absence that refuses to disappear. The production of identity on the terrain of culture is always fraught in relation to issues of authenticity, displacement, indigeneity, and nationalism and no more so than in the ongoing history of settler colonialism in Palestine. In the last decade, underground hip hop produced by Palestinian youth has grown and become a significant element of a transnational Palestinian youth culture as well as an expression of political critique that has begun to infuse the global Palestinian rights movement. This music is linked to a larger phenomenon of cultural production by a Palestinian generation that has come of age listening to the sounds of rap, in Palestine as well as in the diaspora, and that has used hip hop to engage with the question of Palestinian self- determination and with the politics of Zionism, colonial- ism, and resistance. Our research focuses on hip hop produced by Palestinian youth within the 1948 borders of Israel, a site that reveals some of the most acute contradictions of nationalism, citizenship, and settler colonialism. Through hip hop, a new generation of “1948 Palestinians” is construct- ing national identities and historical narratives in the face of their ongoing erasure and repression.1 We argue that this Palestinian rap reimagines the geography of the nation, linking the experiences of “ ’48 Palestinians” to those in the Occupied Territories and in the diaspora, and producing an archive of censored histories. -
Song, State, Sawa Music and Political Radio Between the US and Syria
Song, State, Sawa Music and Political Radio between the US and Syria Beau Bothwell Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 2013 © 2013 Beau Bothwell All rights reserved ABSTRACT Song, State, Sawa: Music and Political Radio between the US and Syria Beau Bothwell This dissertation is a study of popular music and state-controlled radio broadcasting in the Arabic-speaking world, focusing on Syria and the Syrian radioscape, and a set of American stations named Radio Sawa. I examine American and Syrian politically directed broadcasts as multi-faceted objects around which broadcasters and listeners often differ not only in goals, operating assumptions, and political beliefs, but also in how they fundamentally conceptualize the practice of listening to the radio. Beginning with the history of international broadcasting in the Middle East, I analyze the institutional theories under which music is employed as a tool of American and Syrian policy, the imagined youths to whom the musical messages are addressed, and the actual sonic content tasked with political persuasion. At the reception side of the broadcaster-listener interaction, this dissertation addresses the auditory practices, histories of radio, and theories of music through which listeners in the sonic environment of Damascus, Syria create locally relevant meaning out of music and radio. Drawing on theories of listening and communication developed in historical musicology and ethnomusicology, science and technology studies, and recent transnational ethnographic and media studies, as well as on theories of listening developed in the Arabic public discourse about popular music, my dissertation outlines the intersection of the hypothetical listeners defined by the US and Syrian governments in their efforts to use music for political ends, and the actual people who turn on the radio to hear the music. -
The Life and Scholarship of the Eighteenth- Century Amdo Scholar Sum Pa Mkhan Po Ye Shes Dpal ’Byor (1704-1788)
Renaissance Man From Amdo: the Life and Scholarship of the Eighteenth- Century Amdo Scholar Sum Pa Mkhan Po Ye Shes Dpal ’Byor (1704-1788) The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters Citable link http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:40050150 Terms of Use This article was downloaded from Harvard University’s DASH repository, and is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material, as set forth at http:// nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of- use#LAA Renaissance Man From Amdo: The Life and Scholarship of the Eighteenth-Century Amdo Scholar Sum pa Mkhan po Ye shes dpal ’byor (1704-1788) ! A dissertation presented by Hanung Kim to The Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the subject of History and East Asian Languages Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts April, 2018 © 2018 – Hanung Kim All rights reserved. ! Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp Hanung Kim Renaissance Man From Amdo: The Life and Scholarship of the Eighteenth- Century Amdo Scholar Sum pa Mkhan po Ye shes dpal ’byor (1704-1788) Abstract! This dissertation examines the new cultural developments in eighteenth-century northeastern Tibet, also known as Amdo, by looking into the life story of a preeminent monk- scholar, Sum pa Mkhan po Ye shes dpal ’byor (1708-1788). In the first part, this study corroborates what has only been sensed by previous scholarship, that is, the rising importance of Amdo in Tibetan cultural history. -
Uyghurs Is an Original and Significant Contribution to the Study of the Ethnic Relations Within the People’S Republic of China
bovin on “The Uyghurs is an original and significant contribution to the study of The ethnic relations within the People’s Republic of China. Very few foreign scholars have been able to study Xinjiang in such detail. Gardner Boving- G don’s thoughtful discussion and comprehensive coverage make this must d reading for anyone interested in contemporary China.” Peter C. Perdue,,Yale University, author of China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia The UYGHURS P raiSe For Strangers in Their Own Land THe UYGHURS UYGHURS “The Uyghurs is an-depth case study of the failure of the Chinese gov- For more than half a century, ernment to integrate the Uyghurs, one of China’s fifty-six nationalities, many Uyghurs, members of a Mus- into the so-called great family of the nation. The book offers a unique (CONTINUED FROM FRONT FLAP) lim minority in northwestern China, perspective to understand the difficult and on-going process of Chinese have sought to achieve greater au- insight into the practices of nation nation-state building efforts. It is a must read for anyone who is interested tonomy or outright independence. building and nation challenging, in China’s nationality issues and the rise of ethnic nationalism in the post– Yet the Chinese government has not only in relation to Xinjiang but Cold War world.” consistently resisted these efforts, also in reference to other regions of SuiSheng Zhao, University of Denver, author of A Nation- countering with repression and a conflict. His work highlights the in- State by Construction: Dynamics of Modern Chinese Nationalism sophisticated strategy of state- fluence of international institutions sanctioned propaganda that em- on growing regional autonomy and “Gardner bovingdon brings to this project fluency in both Uyghur and phasizes interethnic harmony and underscores the role of representa- Chinese languages, a deep knowledge of Han and Uyghur society and the Chinese nationalism. -
Identity, Diaspora, and Resistance in Palestinian Hip-Hop Chapter Author(S): Randa Safieh
Indiana University Press Chapter Title: Identity, Diaspora, and Resistance in Palestinian Hip-Hop Chapter Author(s): Randa Safieh Book Title: Palestinian Music and Song Book Subtitle: Expression and Resistance since 1900 Book Editor(s): Moslih Kanaaneh, Stig-Magnus Thorsén, Heather Bursheh, David A. McDonald Published by: Indiana University Press. (2013) Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt16gzf3q.10 JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at https://about.jstor.org/terms Indiana University Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Palestinian Music and Song This content downloaded from 92.16.163.209 on Mon, 15 Jul 2019 07:35:27 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms Part 2 Identity This content downloaded from 92.16.163.209 on Mon, 15 Jul 2019 07:35:27 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms This page intentionally left blank This content downloaded from 92.16.163.209 on Mon, 15 Jul 2019 07:35:27 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms 4 Identity, Diaspora, and Resistance in Palestinian Hip- Hop Randa Safieh The Inception of Palestinian Hip- Hop Since the late 1990s Palestinian hip- hop has developed as a national and cultural phenomenon. -
Elliot Sperling, Professor, Department of Central Eurasian Studies, Indiana University
Demographic Changes on the Sino-Tibetan Frontier in the 15th Century and their Implications Speaker: Elliot Sperling, Professor, Department of Central Eurasian Studies, Indiana University Chair: Patricia Uberoi, Chairperson, Institute of Chinese Studies 9 April 2015 Institute of Chinese Studies Delhi Elliot Sperling’s presentation provided a brief background to the social, economic and cultural situation of Tibet in the 15th century, as well as, the demographic changes which took place in Tibet during this period. These include the deterioration of the position of Buddhism in India, consequent decline of pilgrimage and reduction of trade with India. These demographic changes in the 15th century, along with its implications on the economy of Tibet, played an important role in Sino-Tibetan relations in the later centuries. It gave an increased level of importance to the Tibetan economy, especially Kham. The demographic changes that took place in Tibet were reflected in the massive migration of Tibetan population into eastern Tibet, making it the most populous part of the Plateau and the influx of Chinese into the province of Sichuan making it the most populous province of China. While pointing towards the implications of the demographic changes that took place in Tibet during 15th century, the speaker argued that the fact that the majority, albeit a slim majority, of the Tibetan population in China resides outside the territory that constitutes present-day Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), has its roots in the changes that took place in the 15th century. He started his presentation by raising an important question i.e., what Tibet is and what the boundaries of Tibet are. -
Obituary: Elliot Sperling (1951-2017) Tenzin Dorjee
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies Volume 37 | Number 1 Article 33 June 2017 Obituary: Elliot Sperling (1951-2017) Tenzin Dorjee Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/himalaya Recommended Citation Dorjee, Tenzin (2017) "Obituary: Elliot Sperling (1951-2017)," HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies: Vol. 37 : No. 1 , Article 33. Available at: http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/himalaya/vol37/iss1/33 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Other is brought to you for free and open access by the DigitalCommons@Macalester College at DigitalCommons@Macalester College. It has been accepted for inclusion in HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies by an authorized Obituary | Elliot Sperling (1951-2017) Tenzin Dorjee Elliot Sperling at the Latse Library, New York City (Jane Stein, 2015) Professor Elliot Sperling’s death was a colossal tragedy by connoisseur (he delighted in teaching us how to enjoy every measure. He was only 66 years old, and he exuded the peaty Scotch whiskies), and a passionate advocate for life, health, and purpose—the antithesis of death. After Tibetan and Uyghur causes. retiring from a long professorship at Indiana University Through his seminal writings on Tibet’s relations with in 2015, where he was director of the Tibetan Studies China during the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, he program at the department of Central Eurasian Studies, became arguably the first historian to use both Chinese Sperling moved back to his native New York. -
Hip Hop from ’48 Palestine Youth, Music, and the Present/Absent
Social Text View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by FADA - Birzeit University Hip Hop from ’48 Palestine Youth, Music, and the Present/Absent Sunaina Maira and Magid Shihade This essay sheds light on the ways in which a particular group of Palestin- ian youth offers a critical perspective on national identity in the colonial present, using hip hop to stretch the boundaries of nation and articulate the notion of a present absence that refuses to disappear. The production of identity on the terrain of culture is always fraught in relation to issues of authenticity, displacement, indigeneity, and nationalism and no more so than in the ongoing history of settler colonialism in Palestine. In the last decade, underground hip hop produced by Palestinian youth has grown and become a significant element of a transnational Palestinian youth culture as well as an expression of political critique that has begun to infuse the global Palestinian rights movement. This music is linked to a larger phenomenon of cultural production by a Palestinian generation that has come of age listening to the sounds of rap, in Palestine as well as in the diaspora, and that has used hip hop to engage with the question of Palestinian self- determination and with the politics of Zionism, colonial- ism, and resistance. Our research focuses on hip hop produced by Palestinian youth within the 1948 borders of Israel, a site that reveals some of the most acute contradictions of nationalism, citizenship, and settler colonialism. Through hip hop, a new generation of “1948 Palestinians” is construct- ing national identities and historical narratives in the face of their ongoing erasure and repression.1 We argue that this Palestinian rap reimagines the geography of the nation, linking the experiences of “ ’48 Palestinians” to those in the Occupied Territories and in the diaspora, and producing an archive of censored histories. -
My Voice Is My Weapon: Music, Nationalism, and the Poetics Of
MY VOICE IS MY WEAPON MY VOICE IS MY WEAPON Music, Nationalism, and the Poetics of Palestinian Resistance David A. McDonald Duke University Press ✹ Durham and London ✹ 2013 © 2013 Duke University Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid- free paper ♾ Cover by Heather Hensley. Interior by Courtney Leigh Baker Typeset in Minion Pro by Tseng Information Systems, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data McDonald, David A., 1976– My voice is my weapon : music, nationalism, and the poetics of Palestinian resistance / David A. McDonald. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8223-5468-0 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn 978-0-8223-5479-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Palestinian Arabs—Music—History and criticism. 2. Music—Political aspects—Israel. 3. Music—Political aspects—Gaza Strip. 4. Music—Political aspects—West Bank. i. Title. ml3754.5.m33 2013 780.89′9274—dc23 2013012813 For Seamus Patrick McDonald Illustrations viii Note on Transliterations xi Note on Accessing Performance Videos xiii Acknowledgments xvii introduction ✹ 1 chapter 1. Nationalism, Belonging, and the Performativity of Resistance ✹ 17 chapter 2. Poets, Singers, and Songs ✹ 34 Voices in the Resistance Movement (1917–1967) chapter 3. Al- Naksa and the Emergence of Political Song (1967–1987) ✹ 78 chapter 4. The First Intifada and the Generation of Stones (1987–2000) ✹ 116 chapter 5. Revivals and New Arrivals ✹ 144 The al- Aqsa Intifada (2000–2010) CONTENTS chapter 6. “My Songs Can Reach the Whole Nation” ✹ 163 Baladna and Protest Song in Jordan chapter 7. Imprisonment and Exile ✹ 199 Negotiating Power and Resistance in Palestinian Protest Song chapter 8. -
Hip Hop Culture in a Small Moroccan City SMALL MORROCAN CITY
Seilstad: Hip Hop Culture in a Small Moroccan City SMALL MORROCAN CITY . Hip Hop Culture in a Small Moroccan City Brian Seilstad This paper explores Hip Hop culture by tracing its development from the global level through the Arab world to finally its manifestation in Morocco. Hip Hop culture is defined broadly as a wide range of artistic expressions—rap, graffiti, breakdancing, DJing, etc.—and also a mind-set or way of life. The focus on the Moroccan context starts at the national level, pointing out some of the key artists, issues Moroccan Hip Hop faces, and how this has been explored by scholars of Hip Hop. The paper focuses on an ethnographic exploration of Hip Hop culture in Ifrane, a small Moroccan city. An analytic approach suggested in Patti Lather’s 1991 book Getting Smart informs and expands the paper particularly by privileging the emancipatory power of Moroccan Hip Hop, creating a nuanced view of the impact of Hip Hop on the lives of youth in this small community. Finally, the paper employs a self-reflexive stance to critically view the author’s own position in the research project in order to name some of the challenges and contradictions of a white male American doing Hip Hop research in the Moroccan context. I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco from 2005-2007. During that time, I worked in a small town, Amizmiz, near Marrakesh that I came to see as “normal” in terms of infrastructure, schools, and people. Of course, I am using the term “normal” here ironically as “normal” is one of language’s powerful tools for the creation and maintenance of arbitrary, and often oppressive, cultural values and practices.1 When I moved back to Morocco to work as Al Akhawayn University (AUI) in 2010, I lived in another small town near Fes named Ifrane. -
Beyond the Lyrics: Hip-Hop Practices and Palestinian Identity
Beyond the Lyrics: Hip-Hop Practices and Palestinian Identity Item Type text; Electronic Dissertation Authors Karaman, Alexander Kamal Publisher The University of Arizona. Rights Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction, presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. Download date 24/09/2021 17:32:27 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/642061 BEYOND THE LYRICS: HIP-HOP PRACTICES AND PALESTINIAN IDENTITY FORMATION by Alexander Karaman ________________________________ Copyright Ó Alexander Karaman 2020 A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the DEPARTMENT OF GENDER AND WOMEN’S STUDIES In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY In the Graduate College THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 2020 2 Acknowledgements This dissertation is the product of eight years in graduate school and fieldwork spread over five years in Israel-Palestine. Such a project would be impossible without the help of so many colleagues, friends, and family members who invested their time in mentoring and supporting me. First, my dissertation committee members are a fantastic team of scholars who have demonstrated what true mentorship mean in a world where individualism and competition too often guide our work. Miranda Joseph was instrumental in recruiting me to the University of Arizona and, as the Director of Graduate Studies, being an early advocate for me and so many other graduate students. Her feedback and willingness to hold me accountable while encouraging me forward helped me to see the importance and strength of my work.