Mashrou’ Leila: Facing Racism and Sensationalism (Seismographic Sounds)

Hamed Sinno is the lead singer of the Lebanese alternative rock band Mashrou’ Leila. In this podcast he talks about belonging, identity, and representation. And he explains where he is facing racism and sensationalism when doing music as a Lebanese artist in a global context. A podcast from the Norient exhibition Seismographic Sounds, written and produced by Ziad Nawfal.

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Norient is a platform for the sound of the world: for contemporary music, quality journalism, cutting-edge research, and events. Norient conceives music, sound, and noise as seismographs of our time. This podcast channel mixes music, sound and speech, and approaches the world through the ear. It runs the gamut of formats and content, from straight journalism to experimental and documentary approaches, ethnography and fiction, sound art and improvisation. Visit Norient.com and become a member. Norient’s aim is to empower thinkers and artists from across the globe to produce new stories of our fast-changing world.