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Arab Protests Spark Song's Withdrawal;The Cure Asks Radio Stations Not to Play Controversial 1978 Hit
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The British rock group the Cure yesterday called for radio
stations to stop playing its song "Killing an Arab," an obscure
single the group said has been used by "certain reactionary elements
of the media" to fan anti-Arab sentiment in America.
The song, first released in 1978, became widely available on the
Cure's recent greatest hits package, "Standing on the Beach," which
has sold close to half a million copies in the United States. The
Elektra album is arranged chronologically, and since "Killing an
Arab" was the group's first single, it received a lot of air play,
including some from ...
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Song of Peace in Big Demand
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; ...collection of Israeli songs he published in 1976. He says the song is not well known in the U.S., but has become an unofficial...peace movement. VELVEL PASTERNAK, Ethnomusicologist: The song was written by a man named Yakel Raklid [sp] and the music...victory will not help nor will songs of praise/so just sing ...
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Dutch record label fires writer of anti-war song
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; El Fassed, Arjan Arab American News 04-18-2003 After recording her song "Fools rule the world", Dutch...earnings she gets from this song will be donated to causes who...that support peace." Jobse's song "You" stayed eight weeks at...a remix out of the anti-war song. He did this because he's ...
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It's amazing where this song is heard.(THE HOME FORUM)
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; ...time I had felt the special power in that song. A music teacher friend says the song is powerful because it is built on the...and I got a sense of how different the song is from the music of some other cultures...Joseph agreed in part because, as an Arab Christian, he felt an obligation to ...
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ARAB VOICES Egyptians seeking their song
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; ARAB VOICES Egyptians seeking their song By NORA AMIN Friday, April 4...boy burst spontaneously into song. But it was not just any song. University students wrote this song in 1991, during protests against...enemy, the United States. Such a song -- sung by a child, a ...
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'Anti-Palestinian' song faces ban from Eurovision ; WORLD
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; Eurovision is threatening to ban Israel's entry for its annual song contest because of its "inappropriate" political message. "P ush the Button", the song from one of Israel's most experienced and popular bands...security fears, but in tones tinged with irony. The words of the song - in English, French and ...
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Israeli 'terror' song faces Eurovision ban
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; The words of the song - in English, French and Hebrew, - have...for the bland at all costs as about the song itself. The band's lead singer Kobi Oz...as a member of a Jewish family from an Arab country is a leading exponent of "Mizrahi...are flying and landing on me." But the song also takes a swipe ...
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Singing a song of peace
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; ...01-11-2001 Headline: Singing a song of peace Byline: SARAH HERSHENSON...January 11, 2001 -- The new song and accompanying video clip...and lyrics by Ehud Manor, the song has the potential to be a winner...singers and musicians from the Arab and Israeli entertainment world...for Peace, originally ...
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Analysis: Dance song that is rocking Baghdad this summer
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition
; ...beautiful woman to a piece of fruit. In Baghdad, this is the hit song of the summer. (Soundbite of people speaking in Arabic, laughing...orange tinted sunglasses. He says Iraqis are crazy about the song. MOHAMMED #1: (Through Translator) Because you listen to the song everywhere. I mean, when you park in ...
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With an Ear to the Ground, Singer Gets Arab World's Beat; In Lambasting U.S. and Israel, 'Attack' Hits a Nerve in Mideast
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; ...the powerlessness of Arab governments. "I wish...What's great about this song is the simplicity...just a few weeks, the song has spread through the Arab world despite little...which still dominate Arab media, have not played the song, deeming Abdel-Rahim...
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Composer deceives Nancy Ajram by selling her Shireen Wajdi's song
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; ...when music distributor Tareq Madkour warned her that the new song she was recording to be included in her upcoming album is...Wajdi. Tareq told Nancy that Shireen had already recorded the song, but was unable to include it in her latest album due to...further into the matter and realized that the composer of ...
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