Thread: Interesting cultural article . . .

that I found online while searching for lyrics to songs by Hamada Helal . . .

http://profed-iamcr.cci.ecu.edu.au/p...full_paper.pdf

Did you find Hamada Helal lyrics?? I love him!!

whoa, thats a long read. My eyes started crossing after the first 3 pages

Originally Posted by bintbeled

Did you find Hamada Helal lyrics?? I love him!!

No -- the article (way back in the second half) mentions that the CD name song is about a young man, middle class, who is upset by the cultural change (it may have said decay . . .) he sees around him and he is singing about how everything around him scares him. Another example of how a peppy song can have a serious subject. I think this was said in connection with a trend to sing about more sociopolitical subjects.

I just skimmed it, but thought it contained information of importance to anyone interested in the culture, and had direct application to the relationship between music/lyrics and dance.

thank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maria Aya

What an great article. It does contain interesting information about the culture and modern music. Thanks for posting!

Regards
Priscilla

Originally Posted by kat

I just skimmed it, but thought it contained information of importance to anyone interested in the culture, and had direct application to the relationship between music/lyrics and dance.

Thanks for posting it, I've printed it out for later reading! I'm always happy to come across scholarly articles on Middle Eastern music, dance and pop culture!

Originally Posted by badriya_al_ahmar

Thanks for posting it, I've printed it out for later reading! I'm always happy to come across scholarly articles on Middle Eastern music, dance and pop culture!

I was just debating about printing it out myself, maybe to read on the plane to Dallas.