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Hypnotizing deep and dubby percussions from Berlin and Dakar
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Genre: Dabke/minimal synth
From: Jerusalem, Palestine
An incredible, lo-fi electronic album that documents the Intifada of 1987, a civil uprising in protest of the occupation of Palestine. One of the few remaining copies was discovered amongst 5,000 cassettes purchased in 2020 by Mo‘min Swaitat of the label Majazz Project, and it was finally reissued in late 2021. Essential listening. “Just one week after the outbreak of the First Intifada in 1987, Riad brought his sisters Hanan, Alia and Nariman together in their living room and began recording The Intifada album on equipment he had made himself. One of these was co-written with their friend, the acclaimed Palestinian writer Mahmoud Darwish. Riad printed 3000 copies of the cassettes which he began distributing in the Old City of Jerusalem and across the West Bank. The Israeli Army immediately confiscated all the copies they could find, the vast majority of which remain in the military archives to this day. Riad was arrested, interrogated and detained for several months.”
An incredible, lo-fi electronic album that documents the Intifada of 1987, a civil uprising in protest of the occupation of Palestine. One of the few remaining copies was discovered amongst 5,000 cassettes purchased in 2020 by Mo‘min Swaitat of the label Majazz Project, and it was finally reissued in late 2021. Essential listening. “Just one week after the outbreak of the First Intifada in 1987, Riad brought his sisters Hanan, Alia and Nariman together in their living room and began recording The Intifada album on equipment he had made himself. One of these was co-written with their friend, the acclaimed Palestinian writer Mahmoud Darwish. Riad printed 3000 copies of the cassettes which he began distributing in the Old City of Jerusalem and across the West Bank. The Israeli Army immediately confiscated all the copies they could find, the vast majority of which remain in the military archives to this day. Riad was arrested, interrogated and detained for several months.”
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I went to the botanical garden in Porto and there was barely anyone except for a few university students reading in the shade. The place had a mystical aura, which I captured best with this photo, I think
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🎓I did a 180° academic turnaround when I decided to pick up anthropology (major) and art history (minor) although I'd already finished a bachelor's degree in marketing. I never enjoyed business studies and never gave it my best while at the same time feeling under pressure from my parents because they told me to do it. I got my degree but shortly after felt so empty.
So after some thinking I did what my gut feeling told me and that was to go back to uni and finally study what I truly like to learn about – culture and society (in the broadest sense). It's been the most emancipatory decision I've made in my life and now I finally feel like I'm on my own path instead of someone else's. On top of that, I feel really comfortable around the people I study with and they're all really sweet and inspiring. We read tons and learn to deconstruct, reflect and argue, that way acquiring skills and knowledge for all matters of life. And finally I really care about my studies and do well. I'm really proud of that.
Full disclosure: While I live in Germany and studying is basically free here I know for most Americans on here it would be much harder financially to extend their studies like I did. Still, if anybody reads this who feels drawn to a social or cultural science and feels unhappy with the more conventional path they took because of external pressure – I hope this encourages you to go where you need to go <3 happy to hear from other people's similar experiences
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