NORIENT BOOK ON MUSIC AND GLOBALIZATION
SONIC TRACES – RADIO SHOW – 10 JUNI 2013
NORIENT ACADEMIC ONLINE JOURNAL
5. NORIENT MUSIKFILM FESTIVAL BERN (01/2014)
Censorship
Spectacular Copulative Dance Today
STORIESRather than dance, critics have alleged, “daggering”, “perreo” and the like are little more than heavy petting in public—a corruption of courtship and a shameful activity for young innocents.
From Metal to Twitter
BLOGMultimedia artist, horror activist and metal musician Nader Sadek looks at the conflicts between metal music, arts and politics in Egypt, past and present.
Shotguns and Munaqqabes along the Arabian Sea
STORIESPakistan’s corrupt and violent rulers did produce one good thing, albeit inadvertently: Pakistani rock. Mark Levine offers a chapter of his book «Heavy Metal Islam» to norient.
Music, Politics and Censorship in Lukashenko’s Belarus’
STORIESLemez Lovas and Maya Medich turn their attention to Belarus, an authoritarian former Soviet country buffering the EU and Russia, where freedom of information and expression have become the unrelenting victims in an increasingly destructive battle for political control.
Undermarocked?
STORIESFrom June 1 to 4 2006, the 8th edition of the Boulevard de Jeunes Musiciens took place in Casablanca, featuring acts ranging from rap/hip-hop, to rock/metal, and fusion. A report by Layla Al-Zubaidi and Réda Zine.
