Genius in the People: On Collective Resistance and Musical Instrument Making in the Jails of the Colonizer

Authors

  • Louis Brehony Independent scholar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2021/ju.v1i2.2372

Author Biography

Louis Brehony, Independent scholar

Louis Brehony is an activist, musician and scholar of culture and politics in Palestine and the Arab world. His work includes the 2020 film Kofia: A Revolution Through Music, currently on international release, and the forthcoming book Strings of the Street, on Palestinian musicianship and resistance in exile.

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2022-06-29