Ramzi Salti's Arabology

Arabology 9.11  aired live on KZSU 90.1 FM on Oct 13, 2015 and included tons of new indie music from the Arab world + interview with the Arab Film Festival's Artistic Director Deana Nassar. Listen to podcast below or at soundcloud.com/arabology/arabology911 Playlist for Arabology 13 October 2015 DJ: Ramzi S. (Artist/Track/Album/Label) 1. DJ Pretentious/Get Lucky (Oriental Chillout Remix)/DJ Pretentious 2. Rayess Bek/ Emta Hataref (Asmahan)/ Love and Revenge/ Wael Kodeih 3. Jowan Safadi/Untie Me/Single/Jowan Safadi 4. Mashrou' Leila/3 Minutes/Single/Mashrou' Leila 5. Alif/Dars Min Karma Sutra/ Aynama Rtama/ Nawa Recordings 6. Mohamed Mansour (ft Nathalie Saba)/ Ahlamna El helwa (Sweet Dreams)/ Single/100 Copies 7. Interview with Deana Nassar/ Artistic Director of Arab Film Festival/ Arabology/KZSU 8. Interview with Deana Nassar/ Arab Film Festival Artistic Director/Arabology/KZSU 9. Mahmoud Badrawy/ Ighsil Albak (Cleanse Your Heart)/Single/Mahmoud B

Tunisian singing legend Emel Mathlouthi, whose music has been credited for fueling the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions, will be performing at the following venues in the US this October: Sept 25th & 26th: Globaquerque Festival, Albuquerque, New mexico Oct 1st: Skirball Center, Los Angeles, California Oct 12th: National Sawdust, Brooklyn, New York Oct 16th: Herbst Theatre, San Fransisco, California Oct 29th: Stewart Theatre, Raleigh, North Carolina Emel Mathlouthi kindly granted Arabology radio host Dr. Ramzi Salti an interview which you can hear below or at  https://soundcloud.com/arabology/emelmathlouthi About Emel Mathlouthi: In 2007, the Tunisian singer, guitarist, and composer, Emel Mathlouthi, fled the home country that banned her songs and moved to France. There, she further developed a repertoire that vented a yearning for freedom. With lyrics provided by Amin El Ghozzi, she wrote and performed "Kelmti Horra" ("My World Is Free&q

Zuhal Sultan, founder of the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq , gave a series of talks at Stanford this week that centerred on the way she has managed to bring together a group of 43 young musicians from all across Iraq - Shia, Sunni, Kurdish, Christian - to perform together in perfect harmony. Zuhal gave a talk in Arabic at noon where she spoke about her journey. The talk was introduced by Stanford Professor Alexander Key and sponsored by the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, the Stanford Language Center, and the Euphrates Institute. That talk was followed by a lecture, in English, that was additionally sponsored by AMENDS and included a musical intro by the Stanford Middle East Ensemble. See pics below. Zuhal Sultan with Professor Alexander Key Zuhal Sultan at Stanford Zuhal also granted ِ Arabology radio host Dr, Ramzi Salti an interview which was recorded at KZSU 90.1 FM.  You can hear the interview below or at  https://soundcloud.com/arabology/zuhal

Egyptian political satirist Bassem Youssef spoke to a sold-out audience at Stanford University on September 28, 2015--an event that was co-sponsored by the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) and OpenXChange.  The talk was moderated by Larry Diamond, former director of the CDDRL and senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. The political satirist, also known as the “Arab Jon Stewart,” shared with the Stanford community his thoughts on why political satire has come to embody an important element of modern day politics. He also reflected on his own experience as the co-founder and host of the internationally acclaimed political satire talk show “Al-Bernameg.” Youssef  discussed the challenges and obstacles he faced in providing the Egyptian public alternative viewpoints on politics not represented by the mainstream news media. Bassem Youssef with Dr. Ramzi Salti at Stanford Named one of TIME’s “100 most influential pe