@lynn200 sure just posted it....he's singing about now he is sick of hearing algeria (where he is from) and other african countries not being able to progress having suffered from french colonialism. Its been now been 50 years since Algerian independence and he thinks its time to move on! Oh and the women in the background is Djamila Bouhired, an Algerian revolutonary against the french who I don't think will be happy seeing how the country's progressed with corrupt men sitting at the top.
remember the old film''ALGIERS,amazing.not sure if colonism is to blame,complex issues,old cultural ideas,corruption. the subject is vast. i dont know this singer,my time was cheb mami,khalid.....its good to hear...i have not jammed Magrebi for few months.3 on my odessey. shocran
@lynn200 colonialism is indeed not to blame in the long-term but it does leave a power vacuum and accumulation of radicalisation after years of neglect This has been what Algeria has been fighting against ever since independence and led to the civil war in the 90's against the Islamists , where 200,000 people died. Yes its complex, but the preceding government has to set fundamental values of democracy and education, frankly which they have failed and had no intention of doing in the first plce
oh and the film you are referring to is Battle of Algiers (1966) which was excellent and set the maker for political filmmaking. Shokran to you to, although i am not an arab !
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Trances
@lynn200 sure just posted it....he's singing about now he is sick of hearing algeria (where he is from) and other african countries not being able to progress having suffered from french colonialism. Its been now been 50 years since Algerian independence and he thinks its time to move on! Oh and the women in the background is Djamila Bouhired, an Algerian revolutonary against the french who I don't think will be happy seeing how the country's progressed with corrupt men sitting at the top.
lynn200
remember the old film''ALGIERS,amazing.not sure if colonism is to blame,complex issues,old cultural ideas,corruption. the subject is vast. i dont know this singer,my time was cheb mami,khalid.....its good to hear...i have not jammed Magrebi for few months.3 on my odessey. shocran
Trances
@lynn200 colonialism is indeed not to blame in the long-term but it does leave a power vacuum and accumulation of radicalisation after years of neglect This has been what Algeria has been fighting against ever since independence and led to the civil war in the 90's against the Islamists , where 200,000 people died. Yes its complex, but the preceding government has to set fundamental values of democracy and education, frankly which they have failed and had no intention of doing in the first plce
Trances
oh and the film you are referring to is Battle of Algiers (1966) which was excellent and set the maker for political filmmaking. Shokran to you to, although i am not an arab !
monaremlawi
i like this indeed. thanks for the ping!
monaremlawi
by the way, the writer/poet for Aatini Nay wa Ghanni is "Gibran Khalil Gibran". glad you're into lebanese music too, makes me proud ;-)
Trances
@monaremlawi oh haha i can see where i went wrong there :)