Dispatches from Medina Postcoloniale with Rachid Taha

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Oct 23, 2019 Algeria

Dispatches from Medina Postcoloniale with Rachid Taha

By : Status/الوضع Audio-Visual Podcast Hosts

Omar Shanti looks back on the raucous, rebellious, and symbolically rich life of the late Rachid Taha, including a never-before-published interview with the Algerian musician in May 2018, only four months before his untimely death.

Rachid Taha
Rachid Taha was an Algerian singer based in France. His music is influenced by many different styles such as rock, electronic, punk and raï. Born in 1958 in Algeria, he moved with his parents to France when he was ten years old. In 1981, while living in Lyon, Taha met Mohammed and Mokhtar Amini and the three of them, along with Djamel Dif and Eric Vaquer, would soon form a band.

In 1982, Taha was the lead vocalist for the rock group Carte de Sejour. He sang in both English and Arabic, inspired by the group The Clash. In 1986, Taha took a standard patriotic French song entitled Douce France which had originally been recorded by Charles Trenet in the 1940s, kept the lyrics but sang it with 'furious irony' which irritated many French listeners to the point where Taha’s version was banned from French radio. In 1989, Taha moved to Paris to launch his solo career with the release of Barbès in 1991.

Omar Shanti
Omar Shanti graduated from Northwestern University in 2018. His academic interests lie primarily on the interplay of politics, culture, and movement in the MENA region, with specific emphasis on the Maghreb and Palestine.





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Oct 16, 2019 Lebanon
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France in the Middle East: A Conversation Between Bassam Haddad and Alain Gresh

(This interview was conducted for Status/الوضع by Bassam Haddad with Alan Gresh at his home in Paris, on 5 July 2019. Over a period of 4 days, Status and Jadaliyya team members held three events, of which this interview is one.)

In this conversation with Bassam Haddad, Alain Gresh addresses President Macron’s and France’s internal and Middle East policies. The conversation takes us from domestic issues of immigrants and refugees to France’s policies on Iran, US, and Saudi Arabia tensions, as well as specifics regarding France’s position on the Algeria and Sudan protests. Camera & Sound Technicians: Kylie Broderick & Noah Black.

Alain Gresh


Alain Gresh is the Publication Director of Orient XXI and a renowned scholar in his field. A specialist in the Near East, he is the author of several books, including De quoi la Palestine est-elle le nom ?, Les Liens qui libèrent, 2010 and et Un chant d’amour. Israël-Palestine, une histoire française, with Hélène Aldeguer, éditions La Découverte, 2017.

Bassam Haddad


Bassam Haddad is Director of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Program and Associate Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. He is the author of Business Networks in Syria: The Political Economy of Authoritarian Resilience (Stanford University Press, 2011). Bassam serves as Founding Editor of the Arab Studies Journal and the Knowledge Production Project. He is co-producer/director of the award-winning documentary film, About Baghdad, and director of the series Arabs and Terrorism. Bassam is Co-Founder/Editor of Jadaliyya Ezine and Executive Director of the Arab Studies Institute. He serves on the Board of the Arab Council for the Social Sciences and is Executive Producer of Status Audio Magazine. Bassam is Co-Project Manager for the Salon Syria Project. 

This interview was conducted as part of a series of events organized by Jadaliyya, Orient XXI, and Status/الوضع in Paris, France over the course of several days. If you'd like to see other content from this series, please click below.