"Atabat" from the first one came on in the car today, I'd forgotten what a jam that one is.
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Friday, 3 January 2020 20:42 (four years ago) link
hmmhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/17/syrian-musician-omar-souleyman-held-on-terrorism-charges-in-turkey
― StanM, Friday, 19 November 2021 08:35 (two years ago) link
Terrible. Free Omar!
― curmudgeon, Friday, 19 November 2021 12:22 (two years ago) link
yes
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Friday, 19 November 2021 12:34 (two years ago) link
update! he's free - after being sent to "a detention center for people due to be deported"
https://ra.co/news/76422
― StanM, Friday, 19 November 2021 17:03 (two years ago) link
now thats the news we wanted to hear!
also this:
He has lived in Turkey since the onset of the Syrian civil war, running, among other things, a free bakery in Urfa.
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Friday, 19 November 2021 17:12 (two years ago) link
Still, just like in China, you can't become too popular without getting your chains rattled by the government every now and then, apparently. :-/
― StanM, Friday, 19 November 2021 17:19 (two years ago) link