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KADDISH, AUX ARMES, Et CAETERA

Stranger things can happen – but I did hear the words of Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead, sung to the tune of French national anthem, La Marseillaise. The sacred words walked into a very strange house.   It wasn’t … Continue reading

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FOLLOW, POET

Composer Mohammed Fairouz It’s premature to relegate poetry to mausoleums or crypts.  In some places in the world, people cry, break down and weep to poetry.  They lose it.  It happens in well-worn cafés in Middle Eastern cities like Cairo, … Continue reading

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