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02 From Sidi Bouzid to Cairo
من سيدي بوزيد إلى القاهرة
Duration: 5:16 / Released: 03.2012 / Degage! Game Over! the message delivered by the streets of Tunisia and Egypt was simple and clear.
a united call for dignity and freedom. and the revolution happened. la khawfa ba3da al yaom (engl. no more fear after today).
idha 3odtom, 3odna (engl. if you return, we will too). the sounds used in this track include recordings from the streets of Tunis, Cairo, international media and, notably,
pre-revolution propaganda material taken from a video meant to be an Ode to Leila Ben Ali, the Tunisian's dictator's wife (source: nawaat.org).
Note that this field recordings collage and remix/mash-up was performed and recorded live at the opening of a Checkpoint 303 live performance
in Santiago de Chile (February 5th, 2011) several weeks after the fall of the Tunisian dictator. Check-out a video of this collage here.
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