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Suhell Nafar
Suhel Nafar is currently thVice President of Strategy & Market Development- WANAat Empire Distribution, the leading independent label, distributor, and publisher in the US and the first label to open a division in the US to help grow the local scene in West Asia & North Africa and its diaspora. Most recently, Nafar worked at Spotify as the Global Lead of Arab Music & Culture helping to build anlaunch in West Asia and North Africa including an initiative of international curation for the largest cultures in the world. Nafar also built Spotify's Arab Culture Hub and its international programming strategy, curating more than 120 playlists including flagship playlists such as Yalla Today's Top Hits, Arab X, Shisha Lounge and Global X. Additionally, in 2016 he helped launch Complex Snapchat Discover channel, the fastest growing platform in the history of Complex Networks. In the 90s Nafar co-founded the Hip Hop crew, DAM (band), the first Arab Hip-Hop group out of West Asia. In 2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire Distribution
EMPIRE Distribution, Records and Publishing Inc. (marketed as EMPIRE) is an American distribution company and record label founded in by Ghazi Shami with offices in New York City, London, Nashville, and Atlanta. It has released albums in various genres but it is predominantly focused on hip hop music. Many prominent companies and artists have partnerships with EMPIRE (see below), with music being distributed across platforms such as iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, Deezer, Spotify, SoundCloud, and Rdio, along with physical CDs and vinyl being distributed to traditional record stores. EMPIRE has supported the debut albums and early singles of a number of early artists, frequently signing young talent. In the Atlanta scene, orchestrated by their SR. Marketing Executive , John Hill they were the first label to release Trinidad James, Rich Homie Quan, Migos, Rocko, and K Camp. In Los Angeles, they have distributed and/or are still distributing artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Schoolbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spotify
Spotify (; ) is a proprietary Swedish audio streaming and media services provider founded on 23 April 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. It is one of the largest music streaming service providers, with over 456 million monthly active users, including 195 million paying subscribers, as of September 2022. Spotify is listed (through a Luxembourg City-domiciled holding company, Spotify Technology S.A.) on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American depositary receipts. Spotify offers digital copyright restricted recorded music and podcasts, including more than 82 million songs, from record labels and media companies. As a freemium service, basic features are free with advertisements and limited control, while additional features, such as offline listening and commercial-free listening, are offered via paid subscriptions. Users can search for music based on artist, album, or genre, and can create, edit, and share playlists. Spotify is available in most of Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slingshot Hip Hop
''Slingshot Hip Hop'' is a 2008 documentary film directed by Jackie Reem Salloum that traces the history and development of hip hop in the Palestinian territories from the time DAM pioneered the art form in the late 1990s. It braids together the stories of young Palestinian artists living in Gaza, the West Bank, and inside Israel as they discover hip hop, and employ it as a tool to surmount divisions imposed by occupation and poverty. Featured artists Featuring artists; *DAM (Tamer Nafar, Suhell Nafar and Mahmoud Jreri) *Palestinian Rapperz ( Mohammed Alfarra aka Prince Alfarra, Motaz Alhwehi aka Mezo, and Mahmoud Fayad aka Kan'aan) *WEH Crew (Alaa Bishara, Ady Krayem and Anan Kseem) *MWR *Mahmoud Shalaby *Ibrahim Abu Rahala *Female artists Arapeyat, Abeer Alzinaty, Nahwa Abed Al 'Al and Safaa Hathout. Screenings and awards The film premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, was later shown on the Sundance Channel, and has won over 13 awards. It has shown in film festivals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DAM (band)
DAM ( ar, دام) is a Palestinian hip-hop group. DAM was founded in 1999 by brothers Tamer and Suhell Nafar and their friend Mahmoud Jreri. Their songs are largely about racism, freedom, Israeli occupation and poverty . DAM raps primarily in Arabic, but also in English. DAM has released more than 100 singles and three albums—''Dedication'', ''Dabke on the Moon'' and ''Ben Haana Wa Maana''—as well as an EP—Street Poetry. DAM's lyrics are largely protest-driven, and their songs were centering around fighting against oppression, Israeli occupation, racism, poverty, drugs, and for women's rights. In January 2017, they signed with the London-based independent record label publishing and services, Cooking Vinyl. For their UK and EU touring schedule, the band is represented by X-Ray Touring. Etymology The group's name is the Arabic verb for "to last forever/eternity" ( دام), but can also be an acronym for "Da Arabian MCs." The Arabic word for "blood" ( دم) is spelled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Complex Networks
Complex Networks is an American media and entertainment company for youth culture, based in New York City. It was founded as a bi-monthly magazine, ''Complex'', by fashion designer Marc (Ecko) Milecofsky. Complex Networks reports on popular and emerging trends in style, sneakers, food, music, sports and pop culture. Complex Networks reached over 90 million unique users per month in 2013 across its owned and operated and partner sites, socials and YouTube channels. The print magazine ceased publication with the December 2016/January 2017 issue. Complex currently has 4.55 million subscribers and 1.3 billion total views on YouTube. As of 2019, the company's yearly revenue was estimated to be US$200 million, 15% of which came from commerce. Complex Networks has been named by ''Business Insider'' as one of the Most Valuable Startups in New York, and Most Valuable Private Companies in the World. Complex Networks CEO Rich Antoniello was named among the Silicon Alley 100. In 2012, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the non-denominational all-male institution began its first classes near City Hall based on a curriculum focused on a secular education. The university moved in 1833 and has maintained its main campus in Greenwich Village surrounding Washington Square Park. Since then, the university has added an engineering school in Brooklyn's MetroTech Center and graduate schools throughout Manhattan. NYU has become the largest private university in the United States by enrollment, with a total of 51,848 enrolled students, including 26,733 undergraduate students and 25,115 graduate students, in 2019. NYU also receives the most applications of any private institution in the United States and admission is considered highly selective. NYU is organized int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Sundance Film Festival
The 2008 Sundance Film Festival ran from January 17, 2008 to January 27 in Park City, Utah. It was the 24th iteration of the Sundance Film Festival. The opening night film was ''In Bruges'' and the closing night film was '' CSNY Déjà Vu''. Films Out of 2,021 U.S. and 1,603 international feature-length films submitted for consideration, 121 were selected to be shown at the festival. For a list of films that were shown at the festival, see List of films at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Award winners *Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - ''Trouble the Water'' *Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - ''Frozen River'' *Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Documentary - ''Man On Wire'' *Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Dramatic - '' The King of Ping Pong (Ping Pongkingen)'' *Audience Award: Documentary - '' Fields of Fuel'' *Audience Award: Dramatic - ''The Wackness'' *World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary - ''Man on Wire'' *World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic - ''Captain Abu Raed'' *Directing Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mori Art Museum
The is a contemporary art museum founded by the real estate developer Minoru Mori (1934–2012) in the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower in the Roppongi Hills complex both of which he built in Tokyo, Japan. The exterior architect of the museum's galleries on the 35th floor of the 45 -story tower in which the museum is housed is Richard Gluckman of Gluckman Mayner Architects. The museum does not exhibit a permanent collection but rather temporary exhibitions of works by contemporary artists. Artists whose work has been exhibited at the museum include Ai Weiwei, Gohar Dashti, Tokujin Yoshioka and Bill Viola. The museum's founder Minoru Mori died in March 2012. The museum focuses on contemporary art and primarily exhibits works of Asian artists. It also features the MAM project which exhibits solo shows on a smaller scale in the museum space. In 2015 the museum exhibited Dinh Q. Lê's solo exhibition. Museum Directors The first director of Mori Art Museum was David Elliott (2003- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junction 48
''Junction 48'' is a 2016 Israeli drama film directed by Udi Aloni, co-written by Oren Moverman and the film's star Tamer Nafar. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Audience Award. Plot Karim, a young Arab from Lod, works for the Execution Office's Customer Service, and lives among drug dealers in the Middle East drug capital, but dreams of being a musician. The plot takes place in Lod and the character of Karim is based on the Palestinian rapper Tamer Nafar (who also plays his role), and who wrote the screenplay with Oren Moverman, as well as composed the music for the film (along with Itamar Ziegler of the ''Balkan Beat Box''). Cast * Tamer Nafar as Kareem * Samar Qupty as Manar * Salwa Nakkara as Kareem's mother * Saeed Dassuki as Talal * Adeeb Safadi as Yousef * Tarik Kopty as Abu Abdallah, Talal's father * Sameh Zakout as Amir * Ayed Fadel as Hussam * Hisham Suliman Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ( ar, هش ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden?
''Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?'' is a 2008 documentary film, conceived by Adam Dell and co-written, produced, directed by, and starring Morgan Spurlock, an American independent filmmaker. The title of the film is a play on the title of the television game show and computer game series, '' Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?'', and other “Where in the World is” themes. The CIA revealed that Osama bin Laden himself had a copy of the film at his hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Synopsis After some comical animations involving Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the film shows Spurlock visiting various countries associated with or affected by bin Laden. The film contains short interviews with many people about Bin Laden and Islamic fundamentalism, and about the United States and its war on terror. Supposedly, Spurlock searches for bin Laden, and he even asks people at random in the street where he is. The film is intercut with images of Spurlock's wife in the lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ihda'
''Ihda (Dedication) ( ar, اهداء) is the debut album by DAM released in November 2006 by British record label Red Circle Music - RCM. It is DAM's debut album and the first Palestinian hip hop album. The album was licensed to EMI Arabia to distribute it in the Middle East except for Palestine where it was distributed independently. The album contains 15 tracks, the cover of the album was taken by the Palestinian photographer Steve Sabella. Track listing #"Mukadime (Intro)" #"Mali Huriye (I Don't Have Freedom)" ft. Alaa Azam and Anat Egbariye #"Ng'ayer Bukra (Change Tomorrow)" #"Warde (Flower)" ft. SAZ #"Inkilab (Revolution)" #"Ya Sayidati (My Lady)" ft. Suhell Fodi from Zaman #"Al Huriye Unt'a (Freedom for My Sisters)" ft. Safa' Hathut from Arapeyat #"Hibuna Ishtruna (Love Us and Buy Us)" #"Mes Endroits (My Hood)" ft. Nikkfurie from La Caution #"Usset Hub (A Love Story)" ft. Rawda Suleiman and Ibrahim Sakalla #"G'areeb Fi Bladi (Stranger in My Own Country)" ft. Amal Bisharat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Of Birth Missing (living People)
A year or annus is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In tropical and subtropical regions, several geographical sectors do not present defined seasons; but in the seasonal tropics, the annual wet and dry seasons are recognized and tracked. A calendar year is an approximation of the number of days of the Earth's orbital period, as counted in a given calendar. The Gregorian calendar, or modern calendar, presents its calendar year to be either a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days, as do the Julian calendars. For the Gregorian calendar, the average length of the calendar year (the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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