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Wow, I've never seen or participated in a raging fight happening over a post that I wrote on my blog in real time. Until today.

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Macadi Nahas Concert

As I have had a rather hermit-ish year, I didn't really go to many (to be more honest, any) concerts during the past several (many) months. But because we live so near by The Courtyard and thanks to their booming sound system and plethora of events, I get to feel like I'm almost in every musical event they hold. A couple of days ago though we went to one of the events of the Spanish Cultural Week, where Jordanian bands Jadal and Vengo opened up for "legendary" Spanish band Canteca De Macao. I have heard Jadal play several times (once live at Battle of the Bands a couple of years ago), but I've never even heard of the other two bands, although the Spanish one is being marketed in town as "legendary" (would be glad to be enlightened as to whether they're really legendary or not by anyone who is more aware of Spanish music as I know nothing about it). The concert started with Jadal with their Arabic rock, and they seem to have a huge following amongst Jordanian youth. I must admit that they were the main reason I went to the concert as I have heard so much about them, but honestly, I was disappointed. Although their music is quite excellent, there is too much distortion and the lead singer needs to do a lot of work on how his vocals relate to the music being played by the band. What really impressed me about Jadal though is their creativity, their music is certainly quite innovative, and has huge potential. My favorite Jadal song was "Salma". That was really good. Vengo played next, and like I mentioned previously, I've never heard of them before, yet they were a pleasant surprise and the part I enjoyed most in the concert. Their music is pretty good, the singing is not bad at all, and they had some really enjoyable songs. Finally, the "legendary" Canteca Da Macao got on stage, complete with fire-eating magician, crystal balls, and greenery-infused microphones- they were nothing like any band I've ever seen in my life. I wonder what they smoked/drank/ate before they got on stage- the energy was crazy. I'll leave you with a little video from the event:

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Amman, Jordan March 2007

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A little video through the mountains of Amman

Video taken of Lebanese singer Basem Feghali show in Amman.

This is a compilation of some of the concerts I went to in Amman in 2005. I didn't go to many in 2006, and it's one of my resolutions to go to a lot in 2007!

When I went to Egypt a few years ago with my much loved Fine Arts Department, we spent the entire time taking group pictures. Naturally, everyone wanted to be in every picture, which resulted in the fact that most of the pictures were taken by random Egyptians on the streets of Cairo, including those on my camera.