As promised, I'm sharing some photographs, some taken by me - others from stock photographs from the BBC and the Guardian newspaper. The soundtrack features an instrumental version of Time to Say Goodbye (Con Te Partirò) famously recorded in Italian by Andrea Bocelli in 1995 and later in Italian and English as a duet featuring Sarah Brightman. Several versions by both exist and the song features as part of the daily show for the dancing Dubai Fountain in Downtown Burj Khalifa. The version here is an electronic rendition of this popular tune. The slideshow was produced using Micrsoft Photostory. Enjoy.
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Monday, 8 February 2010
Monday, 18 January 2010
Ahmad Zahir - احمد ظاهر
The King is Dead ... Long Live the King
Ahmad Zahir represented many things in 1970s Afghanistan - aristocratic, carefree abandon; politics and revolution. He had a brief career in education and journalism before switching attention to singing. His music was mostly based on Western instrumentation, his personal style was highly Persianised, modelled on Elvis Presley and like Presley himself, Ahmad Zahir was dead by the end of 70s. His killing on 14 June 1979 is surrounded by speculation - caught up in the revolution, surrounded by personal strife - he was dead, aged 33 on his birthday and the day that his daughter was born.
In this clip, edited using Windows Live Movie Maker, we return to Ahmad Zahir's Laghmani Pashtoon roots in a slightly rarer Pashto-language recording. The song, Oba Darta Rawram, (I'll Bring You Water) with it's Santana-esque flavour, is dedicated to his memory.
Ahmad Zahir represented many things in 1970s Afghanistan - aristocratic, carefree abandon; politics and revolution. He had a brief career in education and journalism before switching attention to singing. His music was mostly based on Western instrumentation, his personal style was highly Persianised, modelled on Elvis Presley and like Presley himself, Ahmad Zahir was dead by the end of 70s. His killing on 14 June 1979 is surrounded by speculation - caught up in the revolution, surrounded by personal strife - he was dead, aged 33 on his birthday and the day that his daughter was born.
In this clip, edited using Windows Live Movie Maker, we return to Ahmad Zahir's Laghmani Pashtoon roots in a slightly rarer Pashto-language recording. The song, Oba Darta Rawram, (I'll Bring You Water) with it's Santana-esque flavour, is dedicated to his memory.
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Saturday, 12 December 2009
Emirats Arabes Unis: L'Envol Du Faucon
Flight of the Falcon aka Musings from the UAE
As promised, I return with my UAE related theme. This video is inspired by the documentary Emirats Arabes Unis: L'Envol Du Faucon (United Arab Emirates: Flight of the Falcon) produced by Pierre Brouwers for Media 9 and featured on Vodeo.tv.
As promised, I return with my UAE related theme. This video is inspired by the documentary Emirats Arabes Unis: L'Envol Du Faucon (United Arab Emirates: Flight of the Falcon) produced by Pierre Brouwers for Media 9 and featured on Vodeo.tv.
Reproduced using Windows Movie Maker with footage from the documentary and photographs from my collection. The soundtrack features a snippit from Ishy Bilady - عيشي بلادي - the country's national anthem.
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Saturday, 26 September 2009
Life ... on a Dubai Metro
The Dubai Metro made it's official inaugural journey at 9.09 09/09/09. Within two days it was estimated that over 10% of the population of Dubai had made the journey on the metro. That was two weeks back and this weekend, I drove down from Abu Dhabi to take a trip on the UAE's first train - at present only the Red Line is open to commuters (we took the journey from Ibn Battuta Mall through to Rashidiya), but it is hoped that when fully on-line the metro will provide connectivity to the main areas of Dubai from the malls, to places of interest and the financial district through its network of sub-stations and air-conditioned skyways.
The metro claims a number of firsts - the first driver-less fully automated metro, the first in Dubai and of course, the first in the Gulf. It has been a long time in waiting and the novelty aspect means that it was very busy on the weekend. There were some teething issues with lines at the ticketing booths, but the ride was comfortable (when sitting!) and I was impressed with the frequency of the trains (said to be between 7 and 10 mins). There's even a written guide on travel etiquette, and plenty of staff to remind travellers should anyone forget.
The metro claims a number of firsts - the first driver-less fully automated metro, the first in Dubai and of course, the first in the Gulf. It has been a long time in waiting and the novelty aspect means that it was very busy on the weekend. There were some teething issues with lines at the ticketing booths, but the ride was comfortable (when sitting!) and I was impressed with the frequency of the trains (said to be between 7 and 10 mins). There's even a written guide on travel etiquette, and plenty of staff to remind travellers should anyone forget.I shot this video on my mobile phone. Edited using Windows Live Movie Maker (still looking for a simple Vista-compatible video editor!) and featuring a soundtrack by Rahim Shah and Nazia Iqbal singing Tor Orbal.
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