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Contemporary Pakistani Music

It’s not all about Junoon anymore, if it ever was. CNN ran this article several months ago about heavy metal in Pakistan, including some type of hip-hop dancing thing. Videos below: Compare this view of music to what the Kominas deal with in their expression of punk (h/t Sepia Mutiny): Of course, both sources have distinct narratives they need to tell. The truth of the popularity and acceptability of such music in Pakistan is somewhere in the middle. Although Junoon did lay the ground work, the increase in Islamist activity and thinking means that performing music remains problematic. I’m not…

#NYC Event – IMAN at the Apollo with Mos Def and @aasif_mandvi

IMAN at the Apollo Special Edition of Community Cafe Saturday, January 23, 2010 7:30pm The Apollo Theatre 253 West 125th Street, Harlem, NY Tickets $20 : Purchase Here Join IMAN as we host one of the first Muslim-led arts & culture events of its kind at the legendary Apollo Theater in New York City. IMAN’s Community Café, established in 2003, provides a space to celebrate and engage in diverse and creative artistic expression. The event continues to excite, inspire and unite a cross-section of American Muslims with the larger community to appreciate the arts as a tool for cross-cultural communication,…