Salma Mousa

(Ma) Bdna Nrou: When The Radio Plays Nothing Worth Plotting To
In Bad Taste

(Ma) Bdna Nrou

Against a long history of political and protest music, Salma Mousa asks why Arab pop today insists we chill when we should rage.

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A still from Saad Elsoghayar’s performance of “Bahebak Ya Hmar” in Alayya el Tarab Biltalata (restored)

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Donkey Pop And The Labor of Listening

Salma Mousa takes aim at Donkey Pop, the latest trend of music meme-ification collapsing socio-cultural context into absentminded catchphrases.
The late columnist at Al Ayyam newspaper, Hassan Al Battal

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Why Column? Why Opinion? Why Bite?

Why cultural writing lost its bite, and why criticism with teeth still matters. Introducing Rolling Stone MENA’s new column: In Bad Taste.

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