Tuesday, May 24, 2011

News at Eleven (Back Page): "This is the time for any poet

to get to work and write chants," he [Ahmed Hamdy] said.

If you went to any popular gathering in Cairo over the past 4 months, chances are you either witnessed, or took part in some sort of chanting. Even in an academic setting, such as at a conference on the constitution, chants spontaneously break out quite easily. The chant-masters rely on the infectious applause method, taking advantage of the near instinctual desire for people to chant.

from Al Masry Al-Youm: The chanting revolution

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