Kelmti Horra

Kelmti Horra
Studio album by
Emel Mathlouthi
ReleasedJanuary 24, 2012 (2012-01-24)
LabelWorld Village

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]

Kelmti Horra was reissued for the first time on vinyl in 2022 to celebrate its 10-year anniversary.[4] The reissue which was also out on CD, included bonus tracks.

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  2. ^ Daniel Gumbiner (2012). Now That We Have Tasted Hope: Voices from the Arab Spring. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 22. ISBN 978-1614520207.
  3. ^ Caroline Kulsum and Noor Al Khatib (25 June 2011). "Minstrels of the Arab Revolution". Gulf News. Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012. 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.
  4. ^ "Kelmti Horra 10 year Anniversary – Emel – Vinyl + CD". Emel official. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)