Palestine Tapes

BBC World Service, The Palestinian tapes, part 1 “Mo’min Swaitat unearthed a vast trove of forgotten Palestinian music. Not only did it hold long-lost recordings of his own Bedouin family, but also a mysterious yellow cassette of protest songs set to an electro-disco beat. Mo’min became captivated by the yellow tape. It would open up a world of underground music from one of the most turbulent times in Palestinian history, the First Intifada. But could he track down who’d made it?” An evocative, intriguing programme, especially for those who remember cassettes.