Wednesday, June 5, 2013

WORLDWIDE WEDNESDAY: Lena Chamamian, "Ya Mayla Al Ghoson"

Peter Jordan, Guest Contributor:

I almost avoided Syria this week. I put my blinders on and whined about how we just keep hearing about it. Sometimes we keep hearing because really nasty stuff keeps happening. 

I don't know anything about this lady or the music, but the beauty of the music is a deeply ironic juxtaposition to the situation on the ground.The imagery of the video seems a caricature of Western concepts of the Orient. 

The comments, if you go to YouTube, are a mess of crazy and hate. In the end, I decided the weird video and the angry message-boarding are exactly right for a dangerous war with no end in sight.
 

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