Hisham Aïdi
AFRICA IS A COUNTRY
New York, NY, United States
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Past articles by Hisham:
The (African) Arab Cup
Morocco’s World Cup heroics are forging a new, dissident Third-World solidarity, reflecting the multifaceted nature of Moroccan identity itself: simultaneously Arab, African, and Amazigh. → Read More
Egypt and the Afrocentrists: The latest round
Why did North Africans and Middle Easterners almost overnight go from being comrades-in-struggle to racial intruders in Africa and in African American cities? → Read More
The new ‘invisible enemy’
Anti-racism and political contagion from Save Darfur to Black Lives Matter. → Read More
Malcolm X and the Sudanese
Sudan and Sudanese people left a deep imprint on Malcolm X and his activism. → Read More
A very American story
The past few months have seen much cultural ferment in the North African (in particular, Berber) communities of the United States. There were the Yennayer New Year celebrations across American cities in mid-January—2019 corresponds to the year 2969 on the Amazigh calander. There was the all-day Tafsut celebration in Union City, New Jersey on April 27. This was a pan-Berber gathering that drew… → Read More
Was the Spanish novelist Juan Goytisolo really an anti-orientalist?
On June 5 last year, the Spanish novelist Juan Goytisolo was buried in the Spanish cemetery of Larache in northern Morocco, his tomb overlooking the Atlantic Ocean and right next to that of Jean Ge… → Read More
Tangier’s Jazzmen — and their phantom producer
He rode on Tito Puente’s float during the Puerto Rican Day Parade of 1969, when the mambo king was given a key to the city by Mayor John Lindsay. He was close to Oscar Peterson and Max Roach, he wa… → Read More
What's left of the Latin American left?
The protests against corruption and the electoral shifts point to a region that has consolidated democratic governance. → Read More
The Music of Malcolm X - The New Yorker
Zeal for Malcolm X is a geo-political bellwether of sorts. Today, it is most intense among blacks and Muslims in Western Europe. → Read More
Middle Eastern Americans push census change
MENA classification will increase the community’s visibility and influence among policymakers → Read More
An unlikely celebration of North Africa's ethnic diversity
Berber New Year festivities are taking place in a fraught political climate but with unprecedented state sanction. → Read More
Did Coltrane say 'Allah Supreme'?
Fifty years after John Coltrane's death, the debate about the religious nature of his music rages on. → Read More
Claude McKay and Gnawa Music - The New Yorker
Of the countless North African genres known for polyrhythmic syncopation, why has this one grabbed Western listeners? → Read More
America's Hip-Hop Foreign Policy
How rap became a battleground in the war on terror → Read More
America's Quest to Win Over Muslim Youth With Rap
The U.S. has spent the past decade conducting hip-hop diplomacy. Is it working? → Read More