Middle Eastern nostalgia for the 1970s | Nicholas Blincoe

Why do so many people in the Middle East keep harking back to the 1970s?Just what is it that makes the 1970s so different, so appealing? Last weekend, a 14-piece band celebrated the 70s with pop-disco hits from the Middle East at a restaurant on the Edgware Road in London.Fronted by the Kurdish Iraqi-born artist, Hiwa K, the band comprised members from across the Middle East and played in front of video projections of the original artistes such the Bendaly Family (Lebanon), Ahmed Zahir (Afghanis...

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