Lives Less Ordinary

The Palestinian tapes, part 1


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Mo’min Swaitat unearthed a vast trove of forgotten Palestinian music. Not only did it hold long-lost recordings of his own Bedouin family, but also a mysterious yellow cassette of protest songs set to an electro-disco beat. Mo’min became captivated by the yellow tape. It would open up a world of underground music from one of the most turbulent times in Palestinian history, the first Intifada. But could he track down who’d made it?

Presenter: Mobeen Azhar

Producer: Maryam Maruf
Editor: Munazza Khan
Sound design: Joel Cox
Mix: Giles Aspen
With thanks to Diana Alghoul for translation support

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