Absolutely disgusting. We should be ashamed but this is the norm.

NEW BLOG POST: Ismael Ahmed, Aliya Ogdie Hassen, and the Little-Known Story of the Cairo Record Company and the Middle East Record & Film Company

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Calling something political is often a way of shutting down conversation; when, in fact, shutting down conversation is an act of exercising political power.

Lila Stephan: The Beginnings of the Next Generation from 78 to 33 RPM Midwest Mahjar, 78 RPM, Arab American, Music, Syrian, Lebanese, Arabic, Lebanese American, Records, Phonograph, Richard M. Breaux

RE-POST (2021): LILA STEPHAN AND THE NEXT GENERATION OF ARAB AMERICAN MUSIC

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Joe Budway and Leo Budway: Ouds, Violins, and the Budway Musical Legacy Midwest Mahjar, 78 RPM, Arab American, Music, Syrian, Lebanese, Arabic, Lebanese American, Records, Phonograph, Richard M. Breaux

RE-POST (2023): JOE BUDWAY, LEO BUDWAY, AND THE BUDWAY MUSICAL LEGACY

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RE-POST (2019): RUSSELL BUNAI: THE STAR OF THE EAST

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Albert Rashid: Rashid Sales Company, Al-Chark /the Orient and the Largest Selection of Arabic Records in the United States Arabic, Records, Music, 78 rpm, Midwest Mahjar, Albert Rashid, Rashid Sales

RE-POST (2020): ALBERT RASHID AND RASHID SALES OF DETROIT, MANHATTAN, & BROOKLYN
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The Many Facets of Louis Wardiny Midwest Mahjar, 78 RPM, Arab American, Music, Syrian, Lebanese, Arabic, Lebanese American, Records, Phonograph, Richard M. Breaux

RE-POST(2019): THE MANY FACETS OF ELIAS "LOUIS" WARDINY syrianlebanesediasporasound.blogspot.com/2019/05/elia...

NEW POST: Read about Petrophon Records and the Music of Petro Trabulsy @midwestmahjar.bsky.social

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NEW POST:
Abdulmunim Shakir: A Pan-Arab Political Activist and Educator Declares “I Am a Muslim” on a rare 78 RPM Record

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Constantine Souss: A Palestinian American Immigrant Pioneer in Music

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The Story of Alexander Maloof and Maloof Records

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From The Derbecki Trio to the Derbecki Ensemble: The Group at the Heart of Cleveland’s Arabic Music Scene Midwest Mahjar, 78 RPM, Arab American, Music, Syrian, Lebanese, Arabic, Lebanese American, Records, Phonograph, Richard M. Breaux

Our last post of 2025... Cleveland's Derbecki Ensemble.

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If you're old enough to remember the theme song for the 70s&80s TV sitcom "Taxi," you've heard Lebanese American musician George Marge play before. Read more at Midwest Mahjar. Click the link. syrianlebanesediasporasound.blogspot.com/2025/11/geor...

NEW POST:

The Saint Louis Songstress: Mary Norlene Mizerany
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John Brown's raids in Kansas and Virginia

New Post: This month we bring you the music and story of Louis Shelby. Violinist and owner of The Fez (Hollywood, 1959-1972) and Cascades (Anaheim, 1976-1983).

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Slowing down to 33 1/3 RPM

The acting and musical career of Baghdad-born Saadoun Al-Bayati

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Only Traces of Evidence Remain Highlighting the Illusive Career and Life of Philip Catzeflis Midwest Mahjar, 78 RPM, Arab American, Music, Syrian, Lebanese, Arabic, Lebanese American, Records, Phonograph, Richard M. Breaux

New Blog post Alert!
An uncatalogued 1923 Maloof Phonograph Record by the younger sibling of the Pen League's (Al-Rabitah Al Qalamiyah) treasurer rediscovered by @midwestmahjar.bsky.social .

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Fetterman has always been sus.

Not Record related, but news of "Kawkab America" being published as the first Arabic-language newspaper in the US reached Wisconsin the same year the paper was founded, 28 April 1892.

New Post: Ed Tayoun and the Origins of the Middle Eastern Music Scene in Philadelphia.

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New Blog Post Alert:

Ed Tayoun & His Arabian Orchestra give birth to Philly's Middle Eastern music scene.

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Hello Friends,

ISO digital archive of L'Orient newspaper before its 1971 merger with Le Jour newspaper. Thanks in advance.

Dartmouth still Dartmouthing after all these years.

Tasers comes out for black protester.

An Antiochian Cantor Visits the US: Mitri el-Murr
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Disney has never been for equality. Have you actually ever watched any movie released by Walt's studios before 2000? Donald Duck literally gave the Nazi salute during a WWII short.

Are we pretending she was not racist?

In 1924, pianist Elizabeth Awad made her radio debut with oudist Toufic Moubaid and violinist Nichola Karshoum on NY's WBBR. Years later they recorded several sides for Columbia Records. Read Elizabeth's story at Midwest Mahjar. syrianlebanesediasporasound.blogspot.com/2025/02/on-r...