While the recording doesn't contain any new material; disc one sees her reworking some of her most well known songs and disc two is covers of other people's work; the solo performances are ...

Tunisian-born, New York-based experimental artist Emel Mathlouthi has announced a new double album, The Tunis Diaries. The 18-track LP arrives October 23 via Partisan. Ahead of the record, Mathlouthi ...

Emel Mathlouthi (or simply Emel), the storied Tunisian-born art pop artist who’s now based in New York, is releasing The Tunis Diaries on October 23 via Partisan. It’s a double album split into two ...

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Emel Mathlouthi is a Tunisian singer/songwriter living in New York, where she recently relocated from Paris, where she moved in 2008 after her music was banned in Tunisia during the rule of Ben Ali ...

This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. In 2011, Emel Mathlouthi stood among the crowd of protesters in Tunis and began singing her song “Kelmti Horra,” which means “My Word Is Free.