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Karnak temple by night

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- Abdel Halim Hafez and Nadia Lutfi in his last film, Abi foq al-Shagara (1969) #egyptiancinema (x)

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Politics and nostalgia, however, are not so easily disentangled and separated. Ambivalence continues to hover over ‘Abd al-Halim, even as the official recuperation and appropriation of his art is underway. The revolutionary overtones of the films cannot be easily ignored. These are tales of young love prevailing despite the will of the old order and the tired patriarchs who preside over it, of wit, humour and charm overcoming the adversity of fate, stories that now seem to brim with the anti-colonial, nationalist and revolutionary sentiments of their day. The still insistent claim that 'Abd al-Halim’s films are 'for women’ betokens a more contemporary political anxiety, and an effort to put them out of harm’s way. Their aggressively modern sexual politics are a more obvious issue. In the contemporary climate of extreme conservatism, 'Abd al-Halim’s last film, Abi Fawq al-Shajjara (1969), still has the power to shock… 

Nooshin, L., & Stokes, M. (2016). ‘Abd al-Halim’s Microphone. In Music and the play of power in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia (pp. 70–71). essay, Routledge.

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Abdel Halim Hafez - The Messiahعبد الحليم حافظ - المسيحEl Maseeh

The lyrics to this song hold quite a few surprises. Disguised as a song about Jesus Christ, this is really song of outrage against Israel over the occupation of Jerusalem. 

lyrics

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Abdel Halim Hafez, 24 December 1976, Cairo (last public appearance)

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… since Gaza victims are at the receiving end of a racist war machine, every possible tool should be used to narrate their lives and tragic deaths.

Gaza Blues: Hymns of love, death and resistance (x)

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Muammar Gaddafi — Funeral of Libyans in plane (Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114) shot down by Israel (1973)

The Boeing 727 was operating a scheduled service from Tripoli to Cairo via Benghazi. 108 of the 113 people aboard died.

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Muammar Gaddafi (c. 1942 – 20 October 2011)

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Moodboard || Tefnut - Dryness & Moisture

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Surah Al-A’la 87:16-17

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Omar Sharif ( صراع في الواد , Siraa Fil-Wadi) 1954

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Bashar Shglila captures life in the Libyan deserts, from the sky—sundown.

This is Africa, our Africa