Samir Abady
@Samir_
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Photographer | Photo Editor @WSJ @WSJphotos | https://t.co/HguHfr1cR1 | AMEJA | Views are my own | @Samir_ on others
Queens, NY
Joined August 2008
I'm excited and honored to be part of @DanielGHajjar's wonderful newsletter, Sa'alouni El Nas! We talk music to get me pumped and songs that remind me of home. Danny also compiles great lists of articles you may have missed. Read along!
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The NLRB started sending out ballots today — and we’re keeping a close eye on our mailboxes so we can vote to join @iape1096! WSJ Photo Editors, get your pens ready! #hotlaborsummer
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WSJ has posted the notice of election at the office — we’re officially in *election zone*! Follow along as we vote to finally join @IAPE1096, the union that represents so many of our colleagues! We can’t wait! ✊🏽
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Wall Street Journal reporters deserve a fair contract! I support @IAPE1096's proposal to adjust our salaries for inflation. @NewsCorp $NWSA #IAPEStrong
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1/ NYC’s economy is recovering slower than in other cities, there’s fewer New Yorkers in New York since the pandemic, and yet rents continue to rise, even as prices across the country are stabilizing or even declining. What gives? 🧵
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HAPPY TUESDAY! The photo editors at WSJ won the right to vote to join @iape1096!! More to come but in the meantime check the IAPE website for the @NLRB decision details! https://t.co/QVvXcv4BRW
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“The Lee household[…]all but banished television but was awash in music, often with jam sessions that went late into the night, prompting noise complaints from neighbors but spawning jazz artists who found their sounds in the heart of Brooklyn.”
nytimes.com
He accompanied a wide range of jazz and folk musicians and scored “She’s Gotta Have It,” “School Daze” “Do the Right Thing” and “Mo’ Better Blues.”
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"But these days, nearing 50 and closer than ever to self-actualization, it’s when the tears start flowing that @KillerMike knows he is really gathering momentum, saying what needs to be said." 📝@joecoscarelli
nytimes.com
More than 20 years into an idiosyncratic career, the musician and activist is finally opening up for real on “Michael,” his first solo album in more than a decade.
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"It’s a platform, as @elucidwho notes, whose flagship artists are in their 40s and dealing with what it means to hold relevance with younger fans." @BackwoodzHipHop
pitchfork.com
After steadily leveling up across more than two decades, the label is a bastion for uncompromising artists looking to get weird, loose, and honest.
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The Arabic design archive website is LIVE! Check it out. https://t.co/spvVK1K8SE Official Launch date: 1st June. #arabicdesign , #arabicdesignarchive, #arabicdesignhistory, #arabgraphicdesign #arabdesignwriting Thank you: @ProHelvetiaCai
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“A new era of bravery and playfulness among young musicians means that Iraq is ‘finally finding its voice on the ground’, Narcy argues, refashioning an Iraqi identity on their own terms: ‘It’s time for our brothers and sisters to shine.’”
theguardian.com
In the first of two features exploring Iraqi music 20 years on from the Iraq war, the country’s rappers explain why using a US artform carries such satirical power
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“The notes start crawling toward your soul, tickling every intricate part like a caterpillar on your forearm.” —@TheVelvetVoyce 📝 @MarcusJMoore
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On this World Press Freedom Day, we remember our colleagues killed in the line of duty and those who remain imprisoned around the world.
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"I have this beautiful part of my culture that I carry around with me in my purse every day." Lebanese-British #journalist @zahrahankir talks about the subject of her latest book: eyeliner. Listen to our latest episode of Re:Orient. https://t.co/uWCo8nBviY
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"Regarded as the father of Iraqi photography, Latif al-Ani (1932-2021) was the great chronicler of his country’s transition to modernity." 📝@joshklustig
ft.com
Latif al-Ani chronicled his country’s transition to modernity. 20 years after the US invasion, his images are painful but necessary viewing
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All @WSJ reporting by @evangershkovich is now free to read. Please do. #IStandWithEvan #WeStandWithEvan #FreeEvanGershkovich #JournalismIsNotACrime
https://t.co/y5svU1GQCX
wsj.com
Evan Gershkovich is a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal formerly based in Moscow. He is currently writing a book about his seven years living in Russia—including more than a year in...
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"Ras G never changed the original needle on his Spacebase home studio turntable. According to his brother Bryan, he referred to the dust it accumulated as 'seasoning.'" ✏️@ginosorcinelli
articles.roland.com
We celebrate Ras G, the legendary producer, DJ, and label co-founder who released 24 albums and mixtapes in his too-brief career.
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Resharing the article that caused @LaraJBitar to be summoned. In solidarity with independent media amidst this dangerous trend of further shrinking civic space in Lebanon
For those of you who missed it, read and share the article that pissed them off: https://t.co/6sbMIVxCs8
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