#fasateen

[fiercynn]

queer palestinian short film: "living alone without me"

queer short cuts is a biweekly newsletter where i share queer & trans short film recommendations. i’m featuring some of my favorite films on tumblr because why not

israel | 2 minutes | 2010 | narrative short film audio in arabic; subtitles available in arabic and english

living alone without me | عايشة مع وحدة, بلاااي, created by eli rezik, uses its less than a short runtime to tell a clear and powerful story. a man filming a video diary tells us that he is planning to propose to his girlfriend hanin after five years together. though he is foregrounded in the shot, his voice is cut off shortly into the film, and we instead hear the conversation betweeen hanin and another woman sitting far behind him, out of focus. with the plaintive sounds of the mashrou’ leila song “fasateen” in the background (i recommended a short film featuring the lebanese band mashrou’ leila earlier this year), we learn more about the women’s relationship even as we never see their faces clearly, evocative of the way they have had to hide in plain sight. - deepa's full review

watch on youtube, and check out creator eli rezik's website!

[fan-art-ic]

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

فساتين (Fasateen) • عبوة ('Ubwa) • من الطابور (Min Al Taboor) • عالحاجز ('Al Hajiz) • شم الياسمين (Shemm El Yasmeen) • إم بم بلي لح (Im Bim Billi Lah) • لتلت (Latlit) • خليها ذكرى (Khaleeha Zikra) • رقصة ليلى (Raksit Leila)

Spotify ♪ YouTube

[illgiveyouahint]

shuffle your favorite playlist and post the first five songs that come up. then copy/paste this ask to your favorite mutuals 💜

Oh I'm glad this says favorite playlist and not just all songs 'cause boy that could have gone all sorts of ways. I'm going with my playlist of non-english songs since that is a playlist I listen to probably the most.

AnnenMayKantereit - Vielleicht, Vielleicht

I'm really glad Druck has made me discover them 'cause I really love their music and also how the fuck this young looking (but not actually that young) boy sings like that? I still remember the first time I saw who actually sings the songs and the image in my mind was not at all who I've seen lol.

Manu Chao - Clandestino

recently I've been really going back to Manu Chao. Idk why.

Mashrou' Leila - Fasateen

I am so angry that they broke up! I do hope that Hamed Sinno will continue to sing in some capacity because I love their voice too much and I love Mashrou' Leila's music too much and just... please give me something.

MarsMango - Nasa'n Ka, Oh Luna?

I'm not an expert but I just really love the vibes of all the Filipino music I've stumbled upon. It always has such a chill vibe.

Fujii Kaze - Shinunoga E-Wa

Ever since Siiri mentioned him all those years ago I've been obsessed. He's just so fun! Like if nothing else please listen to the whole tiny desk concert. Look how much fun he has performing.

Oh thank you for sending this my way. I love sharing music with you all.

[oottaa]

مسكتيلي ايدي و وعدتيني بشي ثورة كيف نسيتي كيف نسيتيني

[4trackcassette]

🎸

thank u!

His Yoke Is Easy, His Burthen Is Light - Live by George Frideric Handel, performed by the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (1987). I think this is just because I have the entire Messiah liked because my family likes to listen to it around the holiday and my mom has performed the whole thing with her choir a couple times before. I do like this one, though.

Fasateen by Mashrou' Leila. Great band!

Tender by Blur. A fav...I can't help it.

Fly Me To The Moon by Frank Sinatra. I don't really like Frank Sinatra that much but I think a friend of mine likes this one, which is probably how it got in here.

Wolf by First Aid Kit. My friends and I used to like to listen to this in the car :)

[riverofmolecules]

10, 20, 30

I never did this one!

10. Better Than That, Sub-Radio

"Everybody's talking / and I'm feeling forgotten. / Oh, are you thinking of me?"

20. Fasateen, Mashrou' Leila

I don't know Arabic so this is more based on the music, but this part:

واتفقنا نضلنا هيك بلا أدوار وطنطنات بلا كرافات وصبحيات بلا ملايين بلا فساتين

A translation tells me means "So we agreed to stay like that without roles or talks, / without neckties or morning chats, / without millions, without dresses."

Which I do really like, it's the nice winding down of the song until the turn, "You took my hand and promised me a revolution. How could you forget me? How could you forget me?"

A helpful comment on the music video says that the context is neckties 'is like putting on airs' and morning chats refers to women coming over to the house to gossip over coffee. Essentially, markers of traditional (heterosexual) marriage in middle class Lebanese society.

I also like the parallel in the opening and closing lines: "Remember when you told me that you would marry me without money or a house," and "Remember when you told me that you intend to leave me without money or a house."

The past year, I've had a lot of regret that I never got to see them live.

30. Eden, Sub-Radio

"Too late for choices, I-i-i-i know (I-i-i-i- know) / but I'm up self-destructing again, o-o-o-oh no (o-o-o-oh no)"

[youssefguedira]

For the Spotify ask

23 and 32

Also please rec me all your good Mashrou' Leila songs I'm in need for good arabic music that isn't as old as my grandparents<3

23. Sadalsuud - Mashrou' Leila

32. Milano Good Vibes - Mahmood

for the mashrou' leila recs i would say uh. literally all of them BUT my top 5 are:

- falyakon (my beloved)

- shim el yasmine (MOST song ever)

- taxi (violin! semi depressing but who cares there's violin)

- ashabi (vocal range off the charts. see also the greenpeace/rainbow warrior version again for vocal range off the charts. idk how he does it honestly)

- raasuk (!!!!)

see also: fasateen, min el taboor, bahr (iron maiden joe song), icarus, kalam (s/he) and tayf

[rotanawrites]

i was tagged by @olivaraofrph to put my spotify on repeat playlist on shuffle and put up the first 10 songs! (thank you!)

보편적인 노래 (A Universal Song) - Broccoli, You too

Kiss Off - Violent Femmes

Girl God Gun - Gem and The Degenerates

Voices - Joshua Ray Walker (I’m never ready for 2:50 lmao)

Time In - Yeng Constantino

Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under - Shania Twain (can you tell I grew up in the Southern US with a mother who went to high school in the 90s)

Bad Decisions - Bastille

Los Laureles - Lola Beltrán

Fasateen - Mashrou’ Leila

Unforgiven - LE SSERAFIM

[deliriousdotsworld]

currently listening to 🎧

[aabbiidd]

🎶Fasateen - Mashrou' Leila 🌺 • Naran, Pakistan. (Instagram: aabbiidd)

[batool-0]

Aziz Maraka, Mashrou3 Leila & Ressala - Fasateen