Heavy Metal Islam: Rock, Resistance, and the Struggle for the Soul of Islam
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (767 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0307353397 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 312 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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All rights reserved. Each artist in this book struggles, on some level, for cultural and political reform, and LeVine argues that if these musicians could find a way to cooperate with progressive religious activists and the working class, they could trigger a revolution. . This is a tall order, but the author's warm and intelligent examination of a reality few in the West have experienced suggests it may yet be possible. Interviewing and jamming with musicians from Morocco to Pakistan—including rappers and trip-hop artists as well as metalheads—LeVine (Why They Don't Hate Us) presents Muslims, Christians and Jews who, in the face of corruption, repression and violence, use their music to speak truth to power a
rudiger said Can heavy metal change the world?. Frankly I am baffled by the reviewers who described this book as dry, academic, and/or boring. To them I say, You haven't read much academic writing lately. Readers would be hard-pressed to find publications of any university press which match this title for sheer readability. LeVine does not inject much soci. "He speaks about six languages (including Arabic and Hebrew) so he gets around pretty well. One item he mentioned that I found" according to Amazon Customer. Interesting book covering a topic that's not really covered, and that is the rock and rap subculture in predominately Muslim Middle East and North African (MENA) countries. The author speaks about six languages (including Arabic and Hebrew) so he gets around pretty well. One item he mentioned that I found int. "Good but flawed" according to Somhat Lanod. I purchased this book with the expressed intention and aspiration of learning about the Metal culture in the Muslim world. This book accomplished this task marvelously.The reason I could not allow myself to give this book any more than three stars is chapter five. This chapter is filled with glaring inaccurac
The result is a revealing tour of contemporary Islamic culture through the evolving music scene in the Middle East and Northern Africa. “We play heavy metal because our lives are heavy metal.”—Reda Zine, one of the founders of the Moroccan heavy-metal scene“Music is the weapon of the future.”—Fela KutiAn eighteen-year-old Moroccan who loves Black Sabbath. A young Lebanese singer who quotes Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song.” They are as representative of the world of Islam today as the conservatives and extremists we see every night on the news. A twenty-two-year-old rapper from the Gaza Strip. Why, despite governmental attempts to control and censor them, do these musicians and fans keep playing and listening? Partly, of course, for the joy of self-expression, but also because, in this region, everything is political. This music may also turn out to be the soundtrack of a revolution unfolding across that world. Heavy Metal Islam