Heavy Metal Islam (37 page)

Sagol 59, interviewed by
riotsound.com
(undated).

Shabi, Rachel. “Palestinian Political Rap Attracts Growing Crowds.”
Middle East Times,
January 2, 2007.

“Street Language and Experience.”
Nox-mag.com
, August 2006.

Tamari, Salim.
al Jabal didd al Bahar (The Mountain Against the Sea).
Beirut: Institute for Palestine Studies, 2005.

Ungerleider, Neal. “Levantine Hip-Hop 101: Who’s Who in the Middle East Rap Game.”
Slate,
August 18, 2006.

Yassin, Dir. Interview in
Profane Existence
magazine, 1999.
www.angelfire.com/il/deiryassin/peinter.htm
.

Websites:

dampalestine.com
/

khalas.net

myspace.com/palrapperz

orphaned-land.com

ramallahunderground.com

sara.alexander.free.fr

slingshothiphop.com
/

L
EBANON

al-Manar, Dar. “Nasr min Allah.” Media material on 2006 war. Beirut: Lebanese Committee for the Arts, 2007.

Aspden, Rachel. “Islam and the Porno Devils.”
The Observer,
July 23, 2006.

Aubin, Benoit. “After Syria Leaves, War-weary and Fractious, Lebanon Dares to Dream of Unity.”
www.MacLeans.ca
, April 21, 2005.

Butters, Andrew Lee. “Sex, Drugs and Rock ’n’ Roll in a Failing State.”
Time,
August 31, 2007.

Charara, Walid. “Transition sereine au Liban.”
Le Monde Diplomatique,
May 1999.

Chassey, Clancey. “Hizbullah Is Lebanon’s Bulwark Against Al-Qaeda.”
Daily Star,
December 24, 2005.

Förch, Christina. “Arabic Rock Music of International Caliber.” Qantara.de, 2004.

———. “Trip Hop from Beirut: Soap Kills, a Band that Sets Itself Apart from Commercial Arab Pop.” Qantara.de, 2005.

Frank, Robert. “A Merger’s Message: Dominate or Die.”
New York Times,
January 11, 2000.

Kassir, Samir. “Désordre établi au Liban.”
Le Monde Diplomatique,
February 1997.

Ibrahim al-Mardini, Sheikh.
At-tibyan fî ahkam il-musiqi wa-l-alhan.
Beirut: Dâr al nohmania, 2001.

Nasrallah, Hassan.
Risa’il qa’id al-muqawama.
DVD. Beirut: Dar al-Manar, 2006.

Ohrstrom, Lysandra. “Demand for Plastic Surgery Rises Despite Political Tensions, Economic Downturn.”
Daily Star,
April 18, 2007.

Rosen, Nir. “Hizb Allah, Party of God.”
www.truthdig.com
, October 3, 2006.

Shadid, Anthony, and Alia Ibrahim. “Lebanon Fails to Elect New President.”
Washington Post,
November 24, 2007.

Stratton, Allegra.
Muhajababes.
London: Constable and Robinson, 2006.

Websites:

almanar.com.lb

boell-meo.org
/ (Heinrich Böll foundation, Beirut office)

futuretvnetwork.com

freemuse.org

ghaliboun.net
(Hezbollah official website)

moqawama.org/english/index.php
(English site for Hezbollah)

oath-to-vanquish.com

rotana.net

soapkills.com

thekordz.com

I
RAN

Arash BT. “An interview with one of the organizers of ‘Tehran Avenue Music Open.’”
Zir Zaman,
October 2003.

“Arthimoth: Death Metal Band from Iran.” Danish TV documentary, on YouTube in three parts.

Basmenji, Kaveh.
Tehran Blues: Youth Culture in Iran.
London: Saqi Books, 2005.

Mir-Hosseini, Ziba.
Islam and Gender: The Religious Debate in Contemporary Iran.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999.

Peterson, Scott. “You Say You Want a Revolution? Iran Bands Rock On.”
Christian Science Monitor,
October 1, 2003.

Tala’i, Darius.
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Tehran: Nashreney Publishing, 2007.

Varzi, Roxanne.
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Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2006.

Websites:

ahoora-band.com

arthimoth.com

farzadonline.com

mahsavahdat.com

mohsennamju.com

myspace.com/hichkas21

peyman-chet.com
/

revealed

Tarantists.com

tehranavenue.com

P
AKISTAN

Crow, Sheryl. “Interview on Motherhood.”
huffingtonpost.com
, November 22, 2007.

LeVine, Mark. “Heavy Metal Muslim.”
OC Weekly,
February 9, 2006.

———with Salman Ahmed. “Led Zeppelin: A Force for Peace.”
Boston Globe,
December 8, 2007.

Paracha, Nadim. Review of album by Irtiqa.
chowk.com
, October 15, 2003.

Shaukat, Zeenia, and Fareeha Rafique. “Battle of the Brands.” News International (Pakistan), July 2003.

Syed, Madeeha. “Instant Karma.”
Dawn,
March 4, 2007.

Websites:

aaroh.net

akashtheband.com

haroon.com

iiu.edu.pk

junaidjamshed.net

junoon.com

karavanonline.com

Mizraab.net

sajidandzeeshan.com

C
ONCLUSION

Batarfi, Khaled. “Best Model for the Arab World?”
Arabnews.com
, April 18, 2007.

Castells, Manuel.
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New York: Blackwell, 1996.

Chatterjee, Pratap. “Ports of Profit: Dubai Does Brisk War Business.”
CorpWatch,
February 24, 2006.

Batarfi, Khaled. “Dubai: Best Model for Arab World?”
Arabview.com
, undated.

Cameron Crowe. “The Durable Led Zeppelin: A Conversation with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant.”
Rolling Stone,
March 13, 1975.

Economist.
Ankara and Istanbul, Jun 7, 2007.

Frazer, Suzan. “Former Islamist Wins Presidency.” Associated Press, August 28, 2007.

Khouri, Rami G. “New Possibilities Beckon the Arab World.”
Agence Global,
June 9, 2007.

Frank, Thomas.
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Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997.

Friedman, Thomas. “Dubai Is Model We Should Want Arab World to Follow.”
Deseret News,
March 17, 2006.

Kettelhake, Silke. “Oday Rasheed’s
Underexposure:
Blinking Incredulously at the Sun.” Qantara.de, 2005.

Khan, Faraz. “Rock On.” Interview with Mark LeVine, April 10, 2007 (available on
YouTube.com
in two parts).

Marcuse, Herbert. “Repressive Tolerance.” Online text of 1965 original,
www.marcuse.org/herbert/pubs/60spubs/65repressivetolerance.htm
.

Pera, Marcello, and Joseph Ratzinger.
Senza Radici (Without Roots).
Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 2004.

Tuncer, Hatice. “Müzik Dogu’dan gelir.”
Cumhuriyet,
August 26, 2007.

Welch, Chris.
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New York: Thunder’s Mouth Press, 1998.

Websites:

barisarock.com

beshodrom.hu

desertrockfestival.com

edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/international/2007/10/09/ime.amman.music.cnn
(CNN report on my performance at Barisa Rock for Peace Festival)

heavymetalinbaghdad.com

nervecell.net
/

underexposure.com
/

vbs.tv/player.php?bctid=452299431
(
Vice
magazine documentary on heavy metal in Baghdad)

wastedland.net
/

For additional interviews, songs, videos, forums, tour dates, documentaries, and other information related to the artists and other people profiled in this book, please visit
www.HeavyMetalIslam.net
.

Also by Mark LeVine

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Lifting the Veil on the Axis of Evil

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Jaffa, Tel Aviv, and the Struggle for Palestine

An Impossible Peace:
Oslo and the Burdens of History

Copyright © 2008 by Mark LeVine

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

LeVine, Mark, 1966–

Heavy metal Islam: rock, resistance, and the struggle for the soul of Islam / Mark LeVine.—1st ed.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Popular music—Social aspects—Islamic countries. 2. Popular music—Social aspects—Middle East. 3. Popular music—Social aspects—Morocco. 4. Popular music—Social aspects—Egypt. I. Title.

ML3918.P67L48 2008

306.4'8424091767—dc22                                                      2008002801

eISBN: 978-0-307-44960-3

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