Kelmti Horra (Arabic: كلمتي حرة, "My Word is Free") is the debut studio album by Tunisian protest singer Emel Mathlouthi.[1] It was released on January 24, 2012. The title track was written by Tunisian writer Amine al-Ghozzi and became an important protest song in the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions.[2][3]
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Released | January 24, 2012 (2012-01-24) |
Label | World Village |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Houdou'on (The Calm)" | Emel Mathlouthi | 5:31 |
2. | "Ma Ikit (Not Found)" | Emel Mathlouthi | 3:57 |
3. | "Dhalem (Tyrant)" | Emel Mathlouthi | 3:55 |
4. | "Stranger" | Emel Mathlouthi | 4:12 |
5. | "Ya Tounes Ya Meskina (Poor Tunisia)" | Emel Mathlouthi | 4:46 |
6. | "Ethnia Twila (The Road is Long)" | Emel Mathlouthi | 8:23 |
7. | "Kelmti Horra (My Word is Free)" | Amin al-Ghozzi | 6:29 |
8. | "Dfina (Burial)" | Emel Mathlouthi | 6:22 |
9. | "Hinama (When)" | Emel Mathlouthi | 5:28 |
10. | "Yezzi (Enough)" | Emel Mathlouthi | 7:14 |
The album was received positively. Neil Spencer of The Observer called Mathlouthi "a powerful new voice" and "a world diva with a difference", describing the album as twisting together "Arabic roots with western flavours" including rock and trip-hop.[4]
Music News describes Kelmti Horra as "a work of haunting and melodramatic beauty" with "an intoxicating and intriguing sound".[5] Mathlouthi was called the "Voice of Tunisian Revolution" after the release of the song.[6]
Emel Mathlouthi, a Tunisian musician is yet another protester who asks for equality and tranquility in her native country: The morphine we've been injected with for 23 years is no longer enough to dull our pain. She had always said that one of the artists that she looked up to the most was Bob Dylan, she considered him to be her idol.
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