Policy, Research & Politics
Amjad Sabri, famed Sufi singer, gunned down in Pakistan
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- Tuesday, 28 June 2016
Amjad Sabri belonged to the renowned Sabri family, members of the Chishti Sufi order and the most famous Qawwali group in the country. They had performed internationally and were known for their renditions of mystical Islamic poetry.
UN: “Artistic expression is not a crime” – Special Rapporteurs urge the Iranian government to free jailed artists
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- Tuesday, 28 June 2016
The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on cultural rights, Karima Bennoune, and on freedom of expression, David Kaye, today called on the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to release musicians Mehdi Rajabian and Yousef Emadi, and filmmaker Hossein Rajabian, who were imprisoned and heavily fined earlier this month.
The sound of silence: why aren’t Australia’s female composers being heard?
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- Tuesday, 28 June 2016
Since 1987, 47 composers have been commissioned to write for the Australia Ensemble – the nation’s leading chamber music ensemble. Forty one of them were men.
The Great Rap Censorship Scare of 1990
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- Tuesday, 28 June 2016
As with ragtime, jazz, and rock before it, hip-hop music had seized the attention of America’s moral guardians at the very moment its more salacious-minded practitioners found an eager audience among middle-class white teenagers.
A new strategy to put culture at the heart of EU international relations
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- Tuesday, 28 June 2016
The strategy adopted today is in line with the Commission's priority to make the EU a stronger global actor. Culture can play a crucial role in strengthening international partnerships.
Algérie: 77 festivals désormais retenus
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- Tuesday, 28 June 2016
La liste des festivals culturels en Algérie a été réduite en raison de la politique d’austérité financière adoptée par le gouvernement après l’effondrement des cours pétroliers.
France: Mayor cancels WWI centenary concert over rapper’s “anti-France” lyrics
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- Thursday, 09 June 2016
After pressure from protests, including a legal case filed against the concert by the grandson of a WWI soldier, city mayor Hazard caved and cancelled the show on 13 May 2016 due to the concert being a “danger to public order”.
EU president orders bureaucrats to find funding for the EU Youth Orchestra
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- Thursday, 09 June 2016
The European Union Youth Orchestra has been brought back from the brink of extinction following an intervention from the EU president.
La musicienne Angélique Kidjo et des jeunes militants africains distingués par Amnesty International
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- Thursday, 09 June 2016
Angélique Kidjo, musicienne de renommée internationale, et trois mouvements de jeunes militants africains présentant un caractère mobilisateur se sont vu décerner conjointement le prestigieux prix Ambassadeur de la conscience 2016, a déclaré Amnesty International vendredi 29 avril.
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