Policy, Research & Politics
Aryana Sayeed: 'I Am Very Aware of the Danger'
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- Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Aryana Sayeed, 33, is the only internationally known pop act in Afghanistan. She is adored by youth -- and hunted by the Taliban.
Daniel Barenboim : « Aujourd'hui, j'ai honte d'être Israélien »
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- Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Le chef d'orchestre s'est insurgé contre le vote d'une loi définissant Israël comme un État-nation juif. Dans le journal Haaretz, il estime que « c'est clairement une forme d'apartheid ».
Protesting Trump's Immigration Policy Through Song
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- Tuesday, 24 July 2018
In the long-running and contentious debate over immigration in this century, nothing has struck a public nerve in the United States like the news that children were being forcibly separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border by order of a policy implemented by the Trump administration earlier this year.
Politics In Zimbabwe Has A New Soundtrack
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- Tuesday, 24 July 2018
In the 1960s and '70s, when the country was still known as Rhodesia, black nationalists fought a bloody war to overthrow white minority rule.
Rock the vote: Pakistani political music keeps the party going
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- Tuesday, 24 July 2018
Political rallies have been transformed to festive blowouts, designed to entertain as much as inspire supporters to vote.
Playing like a girl: the problems with reception of women in music
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- Tuesday, 24 July 2018
The year was 1942. In the USA, all-girl orchestras toured extensively, rather like a jazz version of A League of Their Own. Audiences were surprised to find that these girls played “just like men!”
Censure étatique et pressions sociales sur les musiciens au Niger
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- Tuesday, 24 July 2018
Pour un chanteur nigérien, être perçu comme allié d’un camp expose parfois aux représailles de la part des partisans issus des autres camps.
Detained Egyptian Poet Sentencing Postponed
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- Monday, 09 July 2018
Freemuse continues to call for the military trial and charges against Galal El-Behairy to be dropped, as well as charges facing the poet and musician Ramy Essam in a parallel civil case.
Facebook Removes a Gospel Group’s Music Video
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- Monday, 09 July 2018
Facebook’s recent crackdown on advertising that it considers political has already affected news publishers and small businesses like hair salons and day-care centers.
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