When the filmmaker Shirin Neshat heard the singer-songwriter Emel Mathlouthi, she knew she’d found a fellow artist whose work was “truly international.” From left: Emel Mathlouthi, 41, ...
A powerful Tunisian singer, now based in New York, gives new voice to our turbulent times. She frames her sweet sound with dark, moody electronics... Singer-songwriter Emel Mathlouthi is the voice of ...
The music of Emel Mathlouthi has literally served as the soundtrack to a revolution. Mathlouthi, who was raised in Tunisia during the reign of strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, recorded music that ...