The Rough Guide to Arabic Revolution

The Rough Guide To Arabic Revolution
Compilation album by Various artists
Released 26 March 2013
Genre World, Arabic
Length 103:12
Label World Music Network
Full series chronology

  • The Rough Guide To Irish Music
  • (2013)
  • The Rough Guide To Arabic Revolution
  • (2013)
  • The Rough Guide To African Disco
  • (2013)
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The Rough Guide To Arabic Revolution is a world music compilation album originally released in 2013 featuring music relating to the contemporaneous Arab Spring revolutionary wave. Part of the World Music Network Rough Guides series, the album contains two discs: a compilation Disc One featuring protest songs ranging from traditional music to Arabic hip hop, and a "bonus" Disc Two highlighting Ramy Essam, whose song "Irhal" (Leave) is widely considered the anthem of the Egyptian Revolution.[1]

Disc One features four Egyptian tracks, four Palestinian tracks, two Tunisian, and one each from Libya, Lebanon, & the UK. The compilation was produced by Phil Stanton, co-founder of the World Music Network, and Daniel Rosenberg wrote the sleeve notes.[2][3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
PopMatters[4]

The album was met with generally positive reviews. Tony Hillier of Australian music magazine Rhythms called it "one of the more intriguing recent compilations from the admirable World Music Network label."[5] David Maine of PopMatters commended the producers for "expanding the bounds of its musical series in this fashion" and especially praised the hip hop as "the best stuff here".[4]

Track listing

Disc One

No. TitleArtist (Country) Length
1. "Taty Taty"  Ramy Essam Egypt 2:01
2. "Kelmti Horra (My Word Is Free)"  Emel Mathlouthi Tunisia 6:27
3. "Heela Heela"  El Tanbura Egypt 3:41
4. "Hon Enwaladet - Born Here (Arabic Version)"  DAM Feat. Abeer Al Zinati State of PalestineIsrael 3:34
5. "State of the Nation"  El Général feat. Mr Shooma Tunisia 4:02
6. "Sout El Horeya"  Cairokee Egypt 4:01
7. "I'm Your Hope"  Sami Yusuf IranUnited Kingdom 2:44
8. "Calling the Libyan Youth"  Ibn Thabit Libya 2:42
9. "Metlak Mesh 3ayzin"  May Matar Lebanon 3:30
10. "Kafkef Domouak"  Ramzi Aburedwan and The Palestine National Ensemble of Arabic Music State of Palestine 4:37
11. "Rahil"  Ramzi Aburedwan State of Palestine 6:56
12. "Ya Masr Hanet We Banet"  Mustafa Said Egypt 10:05
13. "Et Nous, Nous Aimons La Vie"  Ramzi Aburedwan and Dal'Ouna State of Palestine 8:30

Disc Two

All tracks on Disc Two are performed by Ramy Essam.

No. Title Length
1. "Etma3zam"   3:05
2. "Action"   2:35
3. "3ahd Mubark"   3:10
4. "3oksha"   2:56
5. "Bata2ty"   2:50
6. "Sabona w Khazoo2"   1:37
7. "Shay El-Thawra"   2:50
8. "8 April"   1:18
9. "Mal3oon"   2:47
10. "El-Masala"   2:34
11. "Bta2ty Acoustic"   2:16
12. "Dabora w Short"   2:18
13. "El-Ga7sh Wel 7omar"   2:38
14. "Nafadt"   2:02
15. "Tartoor"   2:59
16. "Al-Masry Al-Asly"   2:27

References

  1. ↑ Mctighe, Kristen (8 December 2011). "Out of Protest, an Anthem for Egypt's Revolution". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 Dec 2013.
  2. ↑ World Music Network. "About Us - The WMN Story". Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  3. ↑ "Various Artists: The Rough Guide To Arabic Revolution". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 Dec 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Maine, David. "Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Arabic Revolution". PopMatters. Retrieved 21 Dec 2013.
  5. ↑ Hillier, David. "Various Artists – The Rough Guide To Arabic Revolution". Rhythms. Retrieved 23 Dec 2013.

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