Today, April 21st, marks the 32nd anniversary of the Ahwari Genocide

Ahwaris (more commonly known as Marsh Arabs) are the indigenous peoples of the marshlands. Their lineage goes back to the Sumerians (the world's earliest known civilization).

In 1992 the Ba'ath party in Iraq, led by Saddam Hussein, initiated a series of attacks and aggressions against the Ahwari people to quench the 1991 uprising that started in southern city against Saddam Hussein and his party.

Drainage, desiccation and destruction of the marshlands. Murdering & kidnapping 50 thousand people. Exclusion of Ahwari people from society and branding them as 'savages' that know nothing.

All that is not to say it started with Saddam, it began at least a century before that, wthen the marshes were divided into two parts by the Sykes-Picot Agreement.

The genocide of the Ahwari people is still ongoing till this day by the current government, with severe drainage and desiccation that Al-Hawizeh Marshes (Iraq's 2nd largest Marshelands) are facing since 2021.

Please also check these sources:

The Ahwari network

Mesopotamian Delta , Ahwari Voice , Ahwari Archive , Ahwar Collective on Instagram

Mustafa Hashim & Murtada Al-Janobi Ahwari citizens and activists

Nadah El Shazly - Afqid Adh​-​Dhakira (I Lose Memory) From Nadah El Shazly - Ahwar (Nawa, 2017)

Official: Militants Ambush Security Post in Yemen; 14 Killed : Inside US

Official: Militants Ambush Security Post in Yemen; 14 Killed : Inside US

By SAMY MAGDY, Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Suspected al-Qaida militants on Tuesday attacked a security post in southern Yemen, sparking clashes that killed at least eight troops and six militants, officials said. The early morning attack in Ahwar, in the province of Abyan, targeted a post manned by troops from the Security Belt, a security force loyal to the secessionist Southern Transitional…

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Nadah El Shazly - Koala

Nadah El Shazly - Ahwar - Middle Eastern dream pop plus a Terry Riley-esque number (Koala)

Starting out singing Misfits covers in a local punk band, then moving onto producing her own electronic tracks and making a name for herself in Cairo’s underground scene, Nadah El Shazly’s backstory is not that unusual. Her debut album on the other hand, is an entirely unexpected story. Two years in the making, Ahwar (Arabic for marshlands) is an otherworldly record, not unlike an abstract mythological story-tale. Opening with the mangled and filtered vocals of the album’s lead track Afqid Adh-Dhakira (I Lose Memory) like an alien dream, the drones of a bowed double bass lead us into a drum groove that lays the groundwork for El Shazly’s sultry and captivating presence, singing: "(I am) coming, from a time far away. Going, escaping. Alone in the wilderness". The Arabic prose lingers over interjections of slap-back delayed guitar twangs and an avant-garde arrangement of dissonant winds, horns and seemingly random drum fills, ending with an eerie soundscape that wouldn’t feel out of place in a Giallo classic. A daring and potent statement that sets the foundations over which the rest of the album can unravel. Composed, written and produced by El Shazly herself in collaboration with The Dwarfs of East Agouza’s Maurice Louca and Sam Shalabi on co-composition and arrangement duties, the album was crafted across two continents, between Canada and Egypt, and features the crème of Montreal’s contemporary-classical and improvised music scene, most of whom are members of Shalabi’s own Land of Kush ensemble. In between El Shazly’s five original tracks, we are treated to an abstract cover version of Sayyid Darwish’s classic Ana 'Ishiqt (I Once Loved). El Shazly’s haunting vocal floats over broken Kalimba and Harp arpeggios which slowly intertwine with a free, bowed double bass improv to nestle within the breaks between Younes Al-Qadhi’s early 20th century verses of love and betrayal. Nada El Shazly: vocals, keys, piano (track 1), saz (track 6), kalimba, electronics, programming. Maurice Louca: folk guitar/folk slide guitar (track 3&6), electric guitar (track 3), keys (track 1). Osama Shalabi: electric guitar (track 1 & 6), synthesizer (track 3). Alexandre St-Onge: electronic voice. Dave Gossage: flutes. Philippe Lauzier: tenor clarinet. Simon Millerd: trumpet. Yves Charuest: alto saxophone . Devin Waldman: alto saxophone. Jason Sharp: baritone saxophone. Sarah Pagé: harp. Josh Zubot: violin. Gen Heistek: viola. Kareem Taylor: oud. Jérémi Roy: double bass (track 5), divan saz (track 2). Jonah Fortune: double bass (track 1, 2 & 5). Pat Conan: drums (track 1 & 5). Konrad Angus: drums (track 3). Pierre-Guy Blanchard: riq, tabla, electronic drums (track 5). Dina Cindric: choir conductor, piano (track 6). The Monday Night Choir: Jeremy Eliosoff, Gordon Hashimoto, Martin Howard, David Simon, Spike Taylor, Jeremie Vienneau.

Awarthan (ahwar-thehn) verb

Not go be confused with awthan, which means to go from place to place, awarthan is a word meant to convey that someone or something is leaving, and shall never return.

My ‘sweetest’ Favorite 2020

今年は、世界中の誰にとっても異例の年。

私も3月末頃から、生活ががらっと変わって、 気を使うことは多くなったけど、悪いことばかりじゃなかった。 音楽を聴く時間と、映画を観る時間がちょっと増えた。 あと、窓を開けて、空を見る時間も増えた。

白い冬から、ハープに包まれた春、エジプトに魅せられた夏。 すっかり自分のdublab.jpの番組《In Every Second Dream》とともに、季節を感じるようになりました。 選んだ曲の半分くらいは番組の中で流してるので、アーカイヴでぜひどうぞ。 去年同様、アルバムたちはSpotifyにまとめました。（Spotifyにないアルバムもありますが）

ありがとう、グッドバイ2020年。 2021年は、わかりあえないことをわかりあえる世界になりますように。 http://www.2121designsight.jp/program/translations/ 一気には変われない。 本を1ページずつめくるように、日々は進んでいくものだから。

*アルファベット順です *今年リリース以外のものも多くあります *Vanessa Paradis、Marlene Dietrich、The Caretakerは常時アイコンなのではぶきます

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- My ‘sweetest’ Favorite 2020 -

▽▼▽ ALBUM / LP / EP  ▽▼▽ Active Surplus ‎– Active Surplus Al Massrieen ‎– Habibi Funk 006: Modern Music Andras ‎– Joyful Bill Frisell & Vernon Reid ‎– Smash & Scatteration Bryce Hackford ‎– Safe (Exits) Chari Chari – We hear the last decades dreaming Chihei Hatakeyama ‎– Autumn Breeze Colored Music ‎– Colored Music Cuushe ‎– WAKEN Eliete Negreiros ‎– Outros Sons Fairouz ‎– Maarifti Feek Gianni Gebbia ‎– Gianni Gebbia Green-House ‎– Six Songs for Invisible Gardens Katrina Krimsky ‎/ Trevor Watts ‎‎– Stella Malu Kazumichi Komatsu ‎– Emboss Star Kulpowicz & Niemen ‎– Samarpan Jamael Dean ‎– Oblivion Jessie Ware ‎– What's Your Pleasure? Jonny Nash, Suzanne Kraft – A Heart So White Lizette & Quevin – Grow Forever / Now It's Your Turn To Sing Lorelle Meets The Obsolete ‎– Re-Facto Lucy Liyou ‎– Welfare Mary Lattimore ‎– Hundreds of Days Meitei (冥丁) ‎– Kofū (古風) Nadah El Shazly ‎– Ahwar øjeRum – Forgotten Works Priscilla Ermel ‎– Origens da Luz Sam Gendel‎ ‎– DRM Shabason, Krgovich & Harris ‎– Philadelphia Shielding ‎– Collecting Seaweed Slow Attack Ensemble ‎– Music for Turntable, Guitars and Sampled Instruments - Suzanne Kraft ‎– Unreleasers 01 Svitlana Nianio & Oleksandr Yurchenko (Світлана Няньо, Олександр Юрченко)  ‎– Znayesh Yak? Rozkazhy (Знаєш як? Розкажи) Takayuki Shiraishi ‎– dʌ́b Terraced Garden ‎‎– Melody & Menace The Sweet Enoughs ‎– Marshmallow Westerman – Your Hero Is Not Dead William Basinski ‎– Lamentations XTAL ‎– Aburelu 井手健介と母船 ‎– Contact From Exne Kedy And The Poltergeists(エクスネ・ケディと騒がしい幽霊からのコンタクト) 細野晴臣 ‎– Mercuric Dance Various Artists ‎– Looking East - Electronic East - Synthesizer Music From Estonia And Russia Various Artists – Mono Egypt [JuJu Sounds] Various Artists ‎– No Justice No Peace [100% of sales donated to anti-racist orgs] Various Artists ‎– PNP 004 Various Artists ‎– S.D.S =零= (Subscription Double Suicide =Zero=) Various Artists ‎– SLOVVDK Mixtape II Various Artists ‎– The World Is Going Wrong Various Artists ‎– しおのみち (SHIO-NO-MICHI) Vol. 2

▽▼▽ SONGS ▽▼▽ (Liv).e ‎– I Been Livin Actress ‎– Walking Flames (feat. Sampha) Aki Tsuyuko ‎– solitary tiger Benoit B ‎– Vestigia Flammae (feat. Elen Huynh) Chris Abrahams ‎– As A Vehicle, The Dream (excerpt) Cindy Lee ‎– Heavy Metal CRYSTAL ‎– Ecco Funk Eric Whitacre – Goodnight Moon essperx ‎– faz Hassan Abou Alam - Elevate Jacob Stoy ‎– Its Somewhere Jordan De La Sierra ‎– Nimbu-Pani: The Lemon-Water Song Julie Byrne & Jefre Cantu-Ledesma ‎– Love's Refrain Kasie Shahbaz ‎– 5 Masumi Hara – To Live in The Sea Noah ‎– 風在吹 Robert Maxwell ‎– Ebb Tide Route 8 ‎– Tomorrow Comes Today ft. Quails سيمون (Simone) ‎– مبسوطة = Mabsouta SPARKLE DIVISION ‎– Oh Henry! The Paris Sisters ‎– I Love How You Love Me Tommy Mandel ‎– II. Beta (First of All...) Trey Pollard, Roberto Carlos Lange ‎– Fixed Ideas - Open Remix Will Long ‎– That Dream トリプルファイヤー ‎– 今日は寝るのが一番よかった 林忠男 ‎– 見果てぬ夢

▽▼▽ DJ ‎/ LIVE ▽▼▽ DJmix "OFF 19th Anniversary" by Sakai DJmix "tasty love Vol.7" by DJ Dreamboy dublab.jp Radio Collective #224 “Sparseness Mix” by Wataru Sakuraba menosyama for GREEN WORLD  ‎/ DJ Funnel Obscure Sound Revised Edition Mixed by Chee Shimizu Torei at “mano a mano” at Contact [14 Nov] Torei - Screwed Psy Trance Time (45→33 rpm Vinyls) VDS Podcast Nr.009 w/ yangdead (VDS)

 2020年放送分の《In Every Second Dream》アーカイヴはこちら。 ▽「白」がテーマ。ゲストはWill Long。

▽「ハープ」がテーマ。ゲストはMary Lattimore。

▽「エジプト」がテーマ。ゲストはNadah El Shazly、essperx。

xxx DJ Emerald

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Stream Nadah El Shazly's "Ahwar" / Show Monday

Stream Nadah El Shazly’s “Ahwar” / Show Monday

Nadah El Shazly is an Egyptian singer who cut her teeth in punk cover bands before gradually finding her own sound as an experimental musician. She blends traditional North African styles of music with avant garde-leaning electronic production for a blend wholly unlike anything else.

Her most recent record Ahwar (which you can stream below) was recorded with Sam Shalabi and Maurice Louca,…

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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 144 km SSE of Ahwar, Yemen

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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 144 km SSE of Ahwar, Yemen

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 144 km SSE of Ahwar, Yemen (89 miles) on Friday. The temblor was reported at 22:06:57/10:06 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). How would you describe the shaking?

US Targets Al-Qaeda in Yemen, as Humanitarian Situation Worsens

US Targets Al-Qaeda in Yemen, as Humanitarian Situation Worsens

The US has carried out a new wave of airstrikes against Al-Qaeda in Yemen. Drones fired missiles at targets linked to Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in two separate attacks. Residents said one missile hit a vehicle on the outskirts of the southern city of Ahwar, killing two suspected al-Qaeda members. The group have exploited the…

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Nadah el Shazly: composer. electronic musician, performer

https://nadahelshazly.bandcamp.com/album/ahwar

https://nadahelshazly.bandcamp.com/album/ahwar

Ahwar of Southern Iraq