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Lounis Aït Menguellet à la salle Atlas, un vrai régal

February 21st, 2010 · 5 Comments

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La salle Atlas était archicomble, pleine comme un œuf. Elle a connu, hier après-midi, l’ambiance des grands jours. Lounis Aït Menguellet a drainé, comme à l’accoutumée, la grande foule. Il a rassemblé, l’espace de deux heures, plusieurs générations de ses admirateurs, du grand-père [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Mediterranean · Meditérranée · Personal · Photo · Society · music

Egypt Islamists Appalled by Beyonce ‘Sex Party’

November 8th, 2009 · No Comments

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R and B singer Beyonce, who put off a gig in Malaysia following Islamist outrage over her “gyrating moves” and “sexy outfits,” has brought her world tour to Egypt and more hostility. Hamdi Hassan, a lawmaker from the Muslim Brotherhood, has written to the [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Religion · Youth · music · women

Cabaret night in Lebanon…

May 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment

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lebanese dancer in restaurant
Uploaded by LeliaLeb. – Independent web videos.

lebanese dancer in restaurant
Uploaded by LeliaLeb. – Arts and animation videos.

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Lebanon · Mediterranean · Meditérranée · Personal · Travel · Video · music · women

The streets of Paris in spring

April 28th, 2009 · No Comments

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Music everywhere, the second video is a piece of art

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Personal · Travel · Video · music

Amazing video

March 5th, 2009 · No Comments

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I’ve been trying to embed this amazing video for several days, but apparently WordPress won’t let me do it, so, just follow the link… Hope you like it.
(can anyone tell me what’s wrong?  Why can’t I embed videos anymore?)

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Tags: music

Soufis et Chrétiens chantent la paix.

March 4th, 2009 · No Comments

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C’est un Vendredi 27 février 2009 à 20h00 quand commence cette manifique réunion spirituelle groupant des chanteurs chrétiens côte à côte des soufis de l’Egypte et du Népal. Une soirée magnifique invitant les hommes de toutes religions à la paix à travers des chansons spirituelles [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Religion · music

A great popular american song 4 Gaza: We will not go down. Listen to it!

January 20th, 2009 · 4 Comments

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Michael Heart, an american singer and songwriter has resently didacated a very distinguished song for Gaza: We will not go down.

He wrote in his website that his “original intention to donate proceeds from the sale of the MP3 to charity has been complicated by technical [...]

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Tags: Human Rights · Mediterranean · Politics · War & Conflict · music

Portuguese contemporary and “sort of kitsch” new fado

September 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments

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This group is called Deolinda, which is a very typical, yet old-fashioned, female name in Portugal. The group tried to recreate a modern and urban (suburban, actually) concept of the traditional Portuguese song fado, with an inch of humor. Although you probably won’t understand what the [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Humour · music

Why Mika isn’t really Lebanese…

August 5th, 2008 · 3 Comments

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Those who thought the singer who entertained thousands last week in Martyrs Square was Lebanese are mistaken.
Indeed, Mika was born in Beirut to an American father and a Lebanese mother: Lebanese law does not allow Lebanese women to pass down nationality to their children.
So the [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Gender · Human Rights · Photo · Politics · Society · Youth · music · women

Mika en concert a Beyrouth

August 5th, 2008 · No Comments

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXMMvaqY5Bw
Mika est de mere Libanaise, il est la fierte de notre pays parce que pour les jeunes il est l’incarnation du Liban moderne.
Une soiree inoubliable, un concert monte en plein centre ville, auquel plus de 15 mille personnes ont assiste.

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Travel · Video · music