Loren's Pick: "Geet Fi Waktak" by Warda (Al-Jazairia) or the Algerian Rose

First, a friend turned me on to this great new time travel site called Radiooooo. You pick a speed, an era, and a country and get thrust in a global sound adventure. I decided to start in Egypt in the 60's/70's. It was just one of the times that Egypt was at the top of the world. As a major travel destination, it dominated the silver screen of the Arab world and Egyptian dance and culture made its way West. Some of my earliest memories are looking at the album covers in my parent's collection of the "exotic" dances covered in veils and sequin tops.

Warda was actually born in France and then moved to Egypt in the early 70's. Married to an Egyptian composer, she preformed many of his song and rose to fame both through her music and appearance in films. I wish I could translate & understand the lyrics,. I don't know if she is singing in Algerian or another dialect, but if I wasn't chained to the desk, I would time travel to a smokey coffee house and watch Warda live.