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Sadly, I have to boycott @BaytAlFann
They just plagiarized @Internalstrife's article for the 'Muslim kung fu' thread. Then they plagiarized Ziauddin Sardar for their #Qawwali thread.(criticalmuslim.io/qawwali/)
Hausa architecture thread? Plagiarized. (e.g. guardian.ng/life/pre-colon…)
They just plagiarized @Internalstrife's article for the 'Muslim kung fu' thread. Then they plagiarized Ziauddin Sardar for their #Qawwali thread.(criticalmuslim.io/qawwali/)
Hausa architecture thread? Plagiarized. (e.g. guardian.ng/life/pre-colon…)
Bayt al-Fann consistently takes the art, imagery, scholarship and narrative voices of others, and uses them without permission or acknowledgment - both here and on their website. They've built a 100k following on Twitter alone.
A textbook case of cultural appropriation.
A textbook case of cultural appropriation.
There have been vague assurances that this sort of thing won't keep happening. And it continues.
Does anyone even know who they are? Their website says nothing about who runs Bayt al-Fann. Their operation is clearly well-organized and disciplined.
And unethical.
Does anyone even know who they are? Their website says nothing about who runs Bayt al-Fann. Their operation is clearly well-organized and disciplined.
And unethical.
I teach a course on #Pakistani #Literature at @binghamtonu. This time around I started every class with playing a song on @YouTube.
This served various pedagogical purposes and also helped latecomers 😂
Here's the list of songs we listened to this semester
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This served various pedagogical purposes and also helped latecomers 😂
Here's the list of songs we listened to this semester
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1. #Punjabi folk + West coast rap
Kandyaari-ae haey tere do nain...
Chakwal Group and @iambohemia @cokestudio
Kandyaari-ae haey tere do nain...
Chakwal Group and @iambohemia @cokestudio
2. #Punjabi Tappe by one of the most beautiful Punjabi couples: Veena and Anant @anantkiveena
When it comes to tappe, national borders don't mean shit
When it comes to tappe, national borders don't mean shit
#EidGhadir is widely celebrated not just by #Twelver but also #Ismaili and #Zaydi #Shia - the impact on the arts is also considerable 1/ 
Extensively in painting (and let’s not even bother with the so called prohibitions on figuration) such as classic illustrations on manuscripts and #Farschian 2/
But one of the best ways in which the actual words of the event are memorialised and enacted is the #qawwali in #Hindustani culture #من_کنت_مولاه_فهذا_علی_مولاه 3/
