Narcy at Habibi Festival 2024 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub

Habibi Festival is back for another year at Joe's Pub, bringing Arabs, comrades, and lovers of music together in New York in these difficult times that our nations continue to endure. And for another year, afikra was on stage to speak to the musicians and bring their conversations and performances to you on afikra's Quartertones podcast. This season kicks off with Iraqi-Canadian rapper, writer, and teacher Narcy. For decades, Narcy has addressed significant issues in his music. Joining him on stage are Hamed Sinno, Nadine El Roubi, Omar Offendum, and Niko Is, in an evening filled with poetry, music, and solidarity. Narcy shares his reflections on the importance of community, and cultural production as a form of resistance. He and his wife, Sondos, have embodied these principles through Maktaba, their Montreal-based library celebrating Arab culture, which he also discusses. 0:00 Narcy Intro Performance 10:21 Poetry on Sudan by Nadine El Roubi 13:57 Narcy Invites Niko on Stage to Perform With Him 21:36 Who Cares If Kamala's Black?: Narcy & Omar Offendum Perform Together 25:10 Poetry by Hamed Sinno 29:36 Narcy Joins Hamed Sinno to Perform a Mashrou' Leila Track & Tribute to Narcy's Brother Nawaf 37:41 Mikey Interviews Narcy on Stage Yassin Alsalman, better known by his stage name Narcy (formerly The Narcicyst), is an Iraqi-Canadian rapper, author, university instructor and actor who has shaped the music and culture of the Arab world. He currently resides in Montreal and has produced albums such as World War Free Now, We Are the Medium, and SpaceTime. Follow Narcy 👉   / narcynarce   Check out Maktaba 👉   / maktaba.bookshop   Created with the goal of giving a snapshot of contemporary and traditional music of the South West Asia North Africa (SWANA) region, every year Habibi Festival takes listeners on a journey of the sounds wafting through the airwaves and living rooms of cities spanning Marrakech to Baghdad. This performing arts festival (now in its fourth year) is a collaboration between the Director of Joe's Pub Alex Knowlton, artist/composer/curator Yacine Boulares, and curator/producer Meera Dugal who are bonded by the goal of creating more joyful spaces for performance, conversation, and storytelling from this part of the world. Follow Habibi Festival 👉   / habibifestival   Hosted by Mikey Muhanna 👉   / mikey_mu   FOLLOW & RATE THE QUARTERTONES PODCAST: » Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... » Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/26VHvC6... » Anghami: https://play.anghami.com/podcast/1044... THIS SERIES IS PART OF THE AFIKRA PODCAST NETWORK Explore all episodes in this series:    • QuarterTones | Music from the Arab World   ABOUT AFIKRA afikra | عفكرة is a movement to convert passive interest in the Arab world to active intellectual curiosity. We aim to collectively reframe the dominant narrative of the region by exploring the histories and cultures of the region – past, present and future – through conversations driven by curiosity. 📍 Local events in 40+ locations worldwide http://afikra.com/chapters 🎧 New podcasts + videos weekly http://afikra.com/podcasts ⚡ Become a member: https://www.afikra.com/membership 🔗 Instagram:   / afikra_   🔗 Facebook:   / afikra.official   🔗 Twitter:   / afikra   #ArabWorld #Music #Narcy #HabibiFestival #HamedSinno #NadineElRoubi #Niko #OmarOffendum