zalzal
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who is ?
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stringmanca
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Keith Richard
http://digilander.libero.it/thestoners/The_Book/keith_richard.jpg
 
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ALAMI
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Sheikh Imam
After Mahmoud Darwish now you are posting an image of sheikh another great love story between the singer, his oud and a great poet who is Ahmad Fouad
Nejem.
The poet was in jail and his poems where smuggled out of prison and sung by sheikh Imam, probably the most revolutionary and creative ,and most banned
by the authorities,artisitic couple in the 20th century Egypt.
Some of the great songs: Guevara Mat, Nixon Gana, Ba'ret Haha, El Bahr Byedhak Leh and tens of others.
The 2 greatest books of Ahmad Fouad Nejem: Rasael mina Al Mou'takal and Ya'ish Ahl Baladi.
Sheikh imam Passed away 5 years ago and all we have now is bad quality recordings of his great songs because he was never allowed to produce a decent
quality album. One exception is a concert recorded on CD during a concert a la Sorbonne a Paris.
Most of the songs are accompanied with himself playing only oud.
Voila, hope I answered the quiz
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zalzal
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Hey Alami you answered like a king.
You can hear their song Al Mamnou3at and see 2 photos in this blogspot
http://ibnbintjbeil.blogspot.com/
I copied below what is written in the blogspot.
You will also find over there some mp3 for MKH.
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25 October 2006
Al-Mamnou3at - by The Great Sheikh Imam
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The great Sheikh Imam - - was neither a sheikh nor an imam in the traditional sense of the word.
Although he studied Quranic recitation at an early age, he came to be known for his magnificent Classical Arabic musical composition and as a
rebellious folk singer; He also rejuvinated, modernized and developed the Classical Arabic musical tradition.
Ironically, you may ask hundreds of thousands of people in the Arab World about him and they would not know him - and that is because in the Middle
East, free-minded literary and artistic giants are suppressed and imprisoned instead of heralded as an example of national achievement; and that is
exactly Sheikh Imam's story, along with his artistic collaborator, the great colloquial poet Ahmad Fouad Najm.
Sheikh Imam's hundreds of socially/politically critical songs stand at the apex of Arab musical evolution. These songs championed the poor, the
disposessed, the peasants and the powerless, pointed the finger at the corrupt and power-hungry, and celebrated everything from the Sun's life-giving
rays to birds that bring in the new morning. Imam the musician and Najm the poet are both giants, each in his own right; but instead of being
recognized for their creative genius and effort, they spent years in and out of prison.
They were frowned upon by consecutive Egyptian governments to such an extent that their recordings could only take place in people's homes or in small
live concerts, never having the chance to properly record their repertoire in a studio setting in the light of day, with a few exeptions, such as on
visits to Beirut. From the "technical quality" of the audio recordings, you can tell the humble setting in which they are made.
[[ Photo above: Sheikh Imam in red tie; Tawfiq Zayyad (notable Palestinian poet, author of "Unadeekom") sitting at his left arm, Ahmad Fouad Najm
sitting at left arm of Zayyad. ]]
Sheikh Imam would simply sit and sing with Najm and other friends, recording his work on simple portable cassettes, and these would be secretly copied
from person to person throughout Egypt and smuggled out to other Arab countries. About the only Arab country where one could freely listen to them was
Lebanon. This is STILL the case! But there is something beautiful about the sound of these folky "sha3bi" recordings, anyway, that the governments
couldn't supress.
Sheikh Imam is the musical predecessor of such notables as Marcel Khalife, Ahmad Kaabour, and Ziad Rahbani; he is also the direct musical successor of
Sayed Darwish (1920's).
Below are Ahmad Fouad Najm's words set to music by Sheikh Imam in the song posted above.
I will post more Sheikh Imam in the future.
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Then follows the lyrics in arabic for al Mamnou3at
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ALAMI
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Thx Zalzal for the detailed infos.
I think that the bad quality recordings of sheikh Imam songs are now part of these songs charm, after all these years the hiss has become part of the
music, strangely this charm was missing on the well recorded CD, may be we used to feel that these guys were under danger only for singing out loud
their love to the people.
the scratchy sounds were telling us that these guys were not singing praises for the dictators.
The song I like very much is : El Khat where he also plays a long oud intro.
It is funny, I am a member only since 24 hours and I feel home, thks Mike it is a nice place to be.
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zalzal
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Video Sheikh Imam
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8276038149064682245&q=o...
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zou
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try this great tunisian link
moultaka.com
ziad
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zalzal
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it seems doesnt exist anymore moultaka.com which is now usedby kind of domaine sponsor. Have you more precise adress of link? It is a link related to
Shaikh Imam and Fouad Jihad Nagm
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zou
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pas normal
try this one
cheikh-imam.net
(retrouvailles)
ziad
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