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Dispute Over a Very Italian Piglet

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by Wanda Waterman Volume 22 Issue 23 2014-06-06 Book: Dispute Over a Very Italian Piglet Author: Amara Lakhous “If men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences.” – W.I. Thomas and D.S. Thomas (the “Thomas theorem”) “Working as a journalist, I’ve come to understand that the reality we confront has neither value nor weight. It’s the imaginary that governs our actions, or, rather, reactions.” – Amara Lakhous, Dispute Over a Very Italian Piglet Amara Lakhous was born and very well educated in Algiers, Algeria. He moved to Rome at the age of 25. What makes his contributions … Continue reading Dispute Over a Very Italian Piglet

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Maghreb Voices: Birds Requiem by Dhafer Youssef

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A Thousand Ways to Kneel and Kiss the Ground Wanda Waterman Volume 22 Issue 14 2014-04-04 Album: Birds Requiem Artist: Dhafer Youssef “Today, like every day, we wake up empty and frightened. Don’t go to the door of the study and read a book. Instead, take down the dulcimer; let the beauty of what you love be what you do. There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground, there are a thousand ways to go home again.” – Rumi Here we have one of the most remarkable recording achievements of 2013. This decade’s masters of world-classical-jazz musical … Continue reading Maghreb Voices: Birds Requiem by Dhafer Youssef

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In Conversation With Marc Vella, Part II

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Wanda Waterman Voice Magazine Volume 22 Issue 14 2014-04-04 “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then there will be true peace.” ~Sri Chin Moi Gosh Marc Vella is a French classical pianist and a composer who for the last two decades has traveled with a baby grand in a bus across more than forty countries, giving impromptu performances for locals and inviting local musicians to join him. His mission is to share love and to celebrate humanity as part of the International Decade for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children … Continue reading In Conversation With Marc Vella, Part II

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Palestinian Music and Song: Expression and Resistance since 1900

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The Mindful Bard Wanda Waterman Volume 22 Issue 12 2014-03-21 Book: Palestinian Music and Song: Expression and Resistance since 1900 Editors: Moslih Kanaaneh, Stig-Magnus Thorsén, Heather Bursheh, and David A. McDonald Publisher: Indiana University Press Reflecting and Shaping a National Identity Palestine’s struggle is, to some extent, the story of every nation. So rare is it to find a country or ethnic group with no memory of ever having been colonized . . . (Read the review here.) Continue reading Palestinian Music and Song: Expression and Resistance since 1900

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Every Day We’ll See the Dust (Too much, the Sahara Bus)

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Film:The Piano in the Sands(Le Piano Des Sables) Director: Arnaud Petitet Genre: Documentary “I can assure you that there is a real beauty of the human being—there is sheer refinement. Man is really immeasurably big and beautiful, and he doesn’t always know it.” – Marc Vella Hey, let’s put a baby grand on the back of a bus and tour the Maghreb. What could possibly go wrong? Marc Vella, a piano virtuoso, has been doing this for more than two decades, visiting more than forty countries in the process. All in a mission to “celebrate humanity” as a participant in … Continue reading Every Day We’ll See the Dust (Too much, the Sahara Bus)