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[new daz.com members, welcome!] Search:: He claims to be the 16th generation of hereditary musicians hailing from the Kalawant clan of musicians. Mehdi Hassan had his musical grooming from his father Ustad Azeem Khan and uncle Ustad Ismail Khan who were both traditional Dhrupad singers.

[New World Encyclopedia] Pashtun people - New World Encyclopedia: While most Pashtun women suffer from illiteracy, a rich oral tradition and resurgence of poetry has been inspirational to many Pashtun women seeking to learn to read and write.[69] As a sign of further female emancipation, a Pashtun woman recently became one of the first female fighter pilots in the Pakistan Air Force.[99] Further challenging the status quo, Vida Samadzai won the selection as Miss Afghanistan in 2003, a feat received with a mixture of support from those who back the individual rights of women and those who view such displays as anti-traditionalist and un-Islamic. In addition, numerous Pashtun women have attained high political office both in Pakistan and, following recent elections, in Afghanistan, where the percentage of female representatives stands as one of the highest in the world.[100] Substantial work remains, though, for Pashtun women who hope to gain equal rights with men who remain disproportionately dominant in most aspects of Pashtun society.

[Cinematical] SXSW Review: Heavy Metal in Baghdad - Cinematical: More than just the story of one group of guys trying to play music, Heavy Metal in Baghdad shows a sliver of the impact the war in Iraq has had on the regular people living there who simply long to have the freedoms we have here. Here's hoping this film will open doors for Arassicauda to release an album in the United States, get visas to come over here, and finally have the freedom to have their voices heard by the world.

[Spark Online] The Road to WOMAD: Rebetiki : Spark Online: Early in our conversation, Tony related to me the excitement the band still feels when one of them unearths a dusty Greek 78rpm from the 20s or 30s. It is this continued and fundamental rooting of the music in its socio-historical context that ensures Rebetiki are much more than either reactionary nostalgics or archaeological artifacts.

[Boing Boing] Why CNN Struggles to Cover The Economic Panic - Boing Boing: Now I'm not against following dreams, but I'm sure there are more than a few people here who have a friend who truly thinks he will instantly make his fortunes as an artist or musician without anything more supporting them than dreams and a credit card. These folks are unique because while everyone in the world has had dreams like that for years, modern folks who do this seems incredibly angered by ANY suggestion they get a *GASP* day job in the interim.

[DC Events] National Geographic Society Press Room: Press Release Detail: Popular singer-songwriter LISA LOEB recently released a children's music CD, "Camp Lisa," a celebration of summer camp with new tunes and old favorites, featuring guest musicians Steve Martin and Kay Hanley from Letters to Cleo. These CDs are a follow up to her 2003 Parents' Choice award-winning album "Catch the Moon." Loeb recently composed and performed a song based on a NG Children's Books Planet Contest which challenged kids to create a mnemonic to remember the order of the 11 planets.

[Comments for pkpolitics.com] Live with Talat - 10 June 2008 | pkpolitics.com: I think even if Lollywood had survived, it would have done so as an Urdu-version of Bollywood with chaste Urdu and elitist Muhajir sensibilities (not that theres anything wrong with that) The new Punjabi and Pushto cinema may be execrable in taste, color and form but it caters to the Punjabi and Pushto stock, the native sons-of-the-swayel. In a way, Maula Jatt and Haseena 420 have stymied the onslaught of Hindu folk culture by keeping alive the local Punjabi folk values (honor killings, ghairat etc)…..hehe

[Publishers Weekly - Non-Fiction Books News] Nonfiction Reviews - 9/29/2008 - Publishers Weekly: Some of his interview subjects are famous, like playwright Edward Albee or literary critic Harold Bloom—but it's the less recognized figures who consistently provide Alford with the most evocative source material, like the retired schoolteacher who lost her husband, her home and all her possessions in Hurricane Katrina but refuses to feel sorry for herself. The search is not all rosy: shortly after , Alford's interview with his stepfather, he loses his sobriety and the author becomes a sideline observer as his mother initiates divorce proceedings and moves into a retirement home.

[indieWIRE News] SXSW Unveils '09 Line up - indieWIRE: Amidst stories of murder, hardship, heartache and redemption, the film follows the convict cowgirls of the Eddie Warriors Correctional Center in their preparation for the only rodeo where female prisoners compete rough-stock and as equals against male prison teams. (World Premiere)

[Everyone's Blog Posts - Screen Research] June at BFI Southbank - Screen Research: Four films later (including a re-working of M in 1951) Losey fell victim to the House Un-American Activities Committee and went into exile in Britain, where for years he lived hand-to-mouth, working pseudonymously under Special Branch surveillance, fearful of deportation. But he hung on, making what he could of unpromising projects, often working with other blacklisted writers, forming alliances with actors such as Dirk Bogarde, for his first British feature The Sleeping Tiger (1954), and Stanley Baker, in Blind Date (1959) and The Criminal (1960), and some of the UK’s finest cinematographers.

[Filmmaker Magazine] Filmmaker Magazine: Blog: This documentary follows the lives of three commercial beekeepers over the course of one year as they struggle with Colony Collapse Disorder. As they all take their bees to California's enormous annual almond pollination, they are forced to ask the question "If all the bees die, what do you have to live for?" (World Premiere)

[THE FILMLOT FEST BLOG] THE FILMLOT FEST BLOG » SXSW Announces 2009 Film Lineup: “We couldn’t be more delighted with SXSW 2009 line-up,” says Film Conference and Festival Producer Janet Pierson, “It’s a great continuation of the quality SXSW is known for:  plenty of compelling, new filmmaking talent across all budget lines, engaging documentaries ranging from the socially conscious to the hilarious, electrifying  music films, prominent Texas themes, cutting edge and smart Hollywood films, and an even greater exploration into global cinema.”

[gordon and the whale dot com] gordon and the whale dot com » Blog Archive » Complete 2009 SXSW ...: Writer: Joel Edgerton and Matthew Dabner Nash Edgerton’s debut feature is a film-noir in a bleak Australian town where a simple crime goes horribly wrong and escalates into a nightmare of unforeseen events. Cast: David Roberts, Claire Van Der Boom, Joel Edgerton, Anthony Hayes, Peter Phelps and Bill Hunter (North American Premiere)

[Truth Wins Out » Blog] Truth Wins Out - TWO Purchases 'Boycott Jamaica' Site: To Michael,well thank you for appreciating that not all Jamaicans commit anti-gay violence and nor do they condone it.But the current emphasis on Jamaica in the media is making all if not most Jamaicans look violent against gays,ignorant,backward and unintelligent.There is so much talk about Jamaica right now that Jamaicans feel that they are truly being singled out and misrepresented in the media.Foreign media is painting a picture of most Jamaicans as psychos on a blood thirsty rampage for homosexuals to beat or kill, when it is only a few who do that.And to some extent Jamaicans feel the boycott reinforces those misrepresentations. The media is not talking about Saudi Arabia,Russia.It is talking about tiny Jamaica.The majority of Jamaicans feel like the media is lumping them with in one group.

[Lim Kit Siang] Lim Kit Siang » Blog Archive » Burma Uprising - Abdullah should ...: This is the time for ASEAN government leaders, together with the support of China and India, to engage and impress on the Myanmar military junta not to resort to violence but to turn it into an opportunity to resolve the present crisis with the support of all stakeholders, including Nobel Prize laureate Aung Sun Suu Kyi, all political prisoners, the pro-democracy activists and ethnic nationalities, to work out a national reconciliation formula to return Burma to democracy and civilian rule.

[Open Source] Open Source » Blog Archive » Suggest a Show: December 2005: Earlier, about 600 journalists and 160 members of the Iranian parliament signed petitions supporting French revisionist Roger Garaudy, who was fined $40,000 by French authorities for his book claiming the Holocaust was a myth. When Garaudy landed in Iran, the country’s supreme spiritual leader, Ayatollah Sayyad Khamenei, granted him an audience and lauded his work.

[Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch] On the Scene: The Dixie Chicks at Madison Square Garden | PopWatch ...: I don't listen to my politics from musicians, I don't care if Russell Crowe throws cell phones and I don't care what R Kelly does in his spare time. But i seem to be one of the few that can separate what they do to entertain and what they do elsewhere.

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