This weekend has been pretty fun. On Friday, Annan & I went to see Lupe Fiasco in concert. It was great, especially (and I mean ESPECIALLY) during his performance of “Superstar” because towards the end, the music stopped as he pointed the mic to the audience and we all sang,
If you are what you say you are, a superstar
Then have no fear, the camera’s here
And the microphones
And they wanna know-ow-ow-ow
If you are what you say you are, a superstar
Then have no fear, the crowd is here
And the lights are on
And they wanna show-ow-ow-ow
It sounded amazing. I was surprised at how in sync and melodious everyone was. I wanna go back in time to relive THAT moment. By the end of the night, my voice was sore and pretty much gone from all the singing along and shouting.
So, the day after the concert (yesterday) was also the last day of Chicago Arabesque (the third annual Arab Chicago Festival). I headed down there with Alia and we met up with a bunch of relatives. As always, it was a ton of fun. I love seeing people who aren’t Arab at these events. I appreciate people who take interest in cultures other than their own. Oh, and… the Chicken Shawerma was as tasty as ever. YUM. OHHHHHH, and the Coconut icecream from Bellagio cafe was really delicious, also. Too bad their only location is in Libertyville.
The musical performances were a pleasure, as always. Mohammed from P.R. came all the way from Palestine to rap and perform several hot rhymes. The only disappointment I had was that the Raj3een Palestinian Debke group was going to get to the event a lot later than I have anticipated, so we weren’t able to see them.
Below you’ll find a video I created with a few performances from the event. I just uploaded it so it’s still processing and the quality isn’t as good as it will be once processing is complete. I apologize for all the shakiness. My hand was apparently really unsteady during all the recordings (which I guess is to be expected when you’re not using a tripod). Enjoy:
p.s. GO SOX! We won yesterday and looks like we are on our way to another victory today! 3-0 Good Guys!