#middle east music

[yasyassie]

for every zionist supposedly worried about queer people's rights (only when it's convenient for them , of course)

and also for anyone who likes discovering new music or who loves oud or wants to support palestinian art, or all three of the above:

Let me introduce you to Clarissa Bitar, beautiful and very queer Palestinian musician and oud player

This is their website

And here are some of my favorite songs and performances:

[misuc]

SANAM on gilles peterson [bbc 6 music]

[nazarjoon]

musician girls 🎶 i love all the instruments found in iranian music and wanted to combine that with my love for traditional attire!

[esoteric44ngel]

[dovesmelodyproject]

The promotion of a K-pop event taking place in Israel ahead of a state-sponsored festival in South Korea has sparked outrage and calls for boycott from fans of the genre, who are accusing Seoul of "artwashing genocide".  The K-Pop World Festival, an annual Korean pop talent competition hosted by the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), is an initiative that utilises the popularity of Korean culture - commonly referred to as the "Korean wave" - to promote the country globally. Korean embassies around the world are responsible for organising a preliminary regional round, and selected finalists then make their way to the stage in South Korea. After the South Korean embassy in Israel started promoting tickets for the 15 July auditions, K-pop fans took to social media in anger and called for boycotts with the hashtags #KpopFestivalOutWithZionism and #NoToArtwashingInKpop. "Artwashing in the middle of a genocide is a new fucking low, even for KBS. Participants and guest performers will never wash off this stain," posted one user on X, formerly Twitter, referring to the use of art and artists by groups to distract from or gloss over rights violations. 

[sounds-of-arabia]

arabic cassette tapes

[pomegranateandcoffee]

today's aesthetic moodboard

[sonicandvisualsurprises]

1975

Fahra by Hany Mehanna : traditional Middle Eastern melodies with lush, cinematic arrangements.

Its intricate percussion, vibrant strings, and playful organ riffs are truly hypnotizing!

[queenlucythevaliant]

We see him come and know him ours

Russia: "Carol of the Russian Children," traditional // Kenya: The Nativity, Elima Njau // France: "Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella," Nicolas Saboly // Haiti: Madonna and Child, Ismael Saincilus // Australia: "The Three Drovers," William James // China: Tryptic by Lu Hongnian // Canadian/Algonquian: "Huron Carol," Jean de Brébeuf

[i-ideate]

NPGC WEST END CAST NPGC WEST END CAST NPGC WEST END CAST I AM GOING FERAL IM GONNA CRY OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG

[x-heesy]

IT IS BETTER TO BE A WARRIOR IN A GARDEN, THAN A GARDENER IN A WAR. -MIYAMOTO MUSASHI 🇯🇵

New World by Zap Mama 🎧

#maybeiamadreamerbutiamnottheonlyone ✅

[nickysfacts]

Masoud El Amaratly shows how LGBTQ+ individuals have always been a part of Middle Eastern culture!

🇮🇶🎶🏳️‍⚧️

[sforzesco]

Your art is amazing! Could you tell me uhh, where to start? 😁 I mean, to get into all that goodiness that you're seemingly into. Is it just history - or some amazing show I've apparently missed?

it's all just history! I grew up watching documentaries on public tv, started reading historical fiction, and then non fiction when I ran out of historical fiction to read at the local library. lots of hong kong & japanese period pieces (films, comics, shows, etc) (shout out to ooku, that one was an eye opener). between that, assassin's creed being at it's absolute height when I was a teenager, BDs, and sword and sandal movies, eventually it culminated into this

there are three shows that deserve honorable mentions tho, because if it wasn't for them, I probably wouldn't have considered history for an enjoyable creative outlet: Starz Spartacus, The Borgias (Showtime), and probably Wolf Hall or Prince of Egypt!

[nando161mando]

Oct 7 fact check.com: this website refutes all of the lies and misinformation that zionists push on the internet and in MSM, and can be a very helpful tool in your efforts to spread the truth.