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Heavy Friends
Saturday December 7th, 2024 with Heavy Lina/لينا
Let's not lose these beautiful cultures of the Middle East to Americanism and mass murder

Tonight’s show is all about celebrating Arabic music by incredible female artists from Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and Tunisia.
Mawal Introduction
Sajida Obeid - Various : Choubi Choubi: Folk and Pop Sounds From Iraq - Sublime Frequencies (2013)
Noss El Leil
Zeina Haniyeh - دلالي - Perfect Production (1997)
Dabka
Asala Yousef - Dabka (Cover) - ? (2017)
Hawa Ya Hawa
Afaf rady - Hawa Ya Hawa - Soutelphan (1970)
Bsaleh Abdallah
Sabah - Ma'ala' Wa Mtalak / Bsaleh Abdallah 7" - ?
Khaleek Hena
Asala Nasri - A Night at the Opera - 2004
Liqaa
Majazz Project / Palestinian Sound Archive - Al Fajer (The Dawn) - Majazz Project (2022)
The song, Zahrat al-Mada'en by Fairuz, is one of the first Arabic-language songs to deal with Jerusalem in any detail, was immensely well-received, becoming an instant hit, the most popular of Fairuz's songs about Palestine,and one of the most celebrated songs of the Arab world . More information about the song found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahrat_al-Mada%27en
Zahrat al-Mada'en
Fairuz - Jerusalem In My Heart - Vois de L'Orient Series (1972)
Ma Teolli Malak
Nour El Houda - Nour El Houda Volume Two - Cairophon (1980)
Qadk Almias
Ibtisam Hilmi - خش في عبي / قدك المياس "7 - Sono Cairo (1967)
Imla Wasqini
Sonia M'Barek - Tawchih - ? (1997)
Mawal El Ashak
Sharifa Fadel - Sherifa Fadel - Soutelphan (1981)
Kadni et Hawa
Aya Metwalli & Calamita - Al Saher - Zehra (2023)
Ma Badi Eyounak
Najwa Karam - Greatest Hits Of... - EMI Music Arabia (2001)
Hazihi Lailati
O/Uum Kulthum* - Hazihi Lailati 7" - Sono Cairo (1969)
*O/Umm Kulthum was an Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress active from the 1920s to the 1970s. She was given the honorific title Kawkab el-Sharq ('Star of the Orient'). Immensely popular throughout the Arab World, Kulthum is a national icon in her native Egypt; she has been dubbed "The Voice of Egypt"and "Egypt's Fourth Pyramid".In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Kulthum at number 61 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.
Cheick Tolba
Cheikha Rabia - Ana Hak - Virgin (1999)
Background music Baligh Hamdi with the track The Wanderer from the Love Story (Orchestre) album
Interactive CKCU
Lina Asfour-Muir (host)
Good evening Heavies, enjoy.

8:05 PM, December 7th, 2024
Eddy
Thanks for sharing Lina……culture can never be destroyed !

8:24 PM, December 7th, 2024
Lina Asfour-Muir (host)
Thanks Eddy for listening in ... and thank you for your continued to support to this show and CKCU!

8:26 PM, December 7th, 2024
PeterB
THANKS again for this Heavy Lina! Even though i will need to go OnDemand for a full listen later. (As usual for me.) Words well said. And music to help bring things together, not apart!

8:39 PM, December 7th, 2024
PeterB
And Jas ... because i just know you will be checking in. THANKS also for the Trans focus a couple weeks back! It is programs like this, and many others on CKCU, that put COMMUNITY in community radio. SOOOO important, especially in these troubled times.

8:44 PM, December 7th, 2024
Lina Asfour-Muir (host)
THANK you PeterB for taking the time to check the playlist out! I hope when you go OnDemand, the music resonates with you. And yes music has the power to bring us together.

8:46 PM, December 7th, 2024
✊️🎵🎶💎
Saladin lives!!!

8:49 PM, December 7th, 2024
AmalA
Merci Lina♥️

9:07 PM, December 7th, 2024
Lina Asfour-Muir (host)
♥️ Habibi Amal ♥️

9:09 PM, December 7th, 2024
Lina Asfour-Muir (host)
Thanks for tuning in Heavies! Back at the end of the month with the Best of 2024 show, so in the meantime keep your dial locked here to the MIGHTY 93.1 FM CKCU!

9:57 PM, December 7th, 2024
PeterB
... just in case anyone ever looks, after the fact OnDemand just wrapping for me ... LOVELY program! Beautiful, strong, voices. Rhythms. And even though i cannot understand a word of most, i DO understand. Music is wonderful that way. Mutual understanding. Thank you. Peace, ALL السلام عليكم جميعا

2:19 AM, December 8th, 2024