Lessons Learned from Taqwacore #1: Muslim Punk?
Omar Majeed, director of the documentary “Taqwacore” talks about lessons learned about Taqwacore during the last 3 years working on the project.
Haifa Wehbe on Loop
Don’t get me wrong, I could watch Haifa Wehbe on loop for hours. Honestly, it’s ok on mute, because she’s got a terrible voice and her music is about run-of-the-mill/over-produced as Arabic pop comes. That’s all besides the point, though, because it seems like my days of watching Melody Arabia late into the night at … Read more
Taqwacore Webzine Manifesto?
I hate the internet and I hate blogs. For all intents and purposes, the internet seems to be the antithesis of everything punk. The internet is sterile, impersonal, and anonymous. Punk is grimy and expressive; it is spread by making mixtapes for friends, and only documented in scribbled letters during drunken late-night sessions at copy shops. So, why on Earth would I want to resort to a webzine about punk of all things?
