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The Day Pop Died?

By ⋅ July 5, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Michael Jackson passes. Reflections on Pop.

Capturing Culture in Dubai.

By ⋅ April 11, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Cool! I have a short quote in Kaelen Wilson-Goldie’s recent review of the massive Sharjah / Dubai art week that recently wrapped in The National.

alt.MiddleEast.

By ⋅ September 21, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

Ruba Saqr writes excitedly about INCOGNITO a recently launched website that seeks to promote alternative arts in the Middle East. I applaud the initiative but am amazed that the site still seems to be focused on pedaling CDs and books rather than streaming music, selling downloads, building a community etc. This seems especially pointless in the Middle East where both e-commerce and physical content sales have never amounted to much.

ouds and grass-roots in abu dhabi.

By ⋅ May 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Sana Munasifi touches on a great point in her recent review of the Fifth Annual Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Festival. She highlights the recently opened Abu Dhabi branch of the Arabian Oud House as an example of the type of grass-roots, ground-up, regionally relevant and contextual initiative (= investment) that may ultimately produce results [...]

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