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Friday, August 29, 2025

Review & Insight: “Bridges & Ghosts” by Ali Taha Alnobani

Released June 1, 2025

With his latest track, “Bridges & Ghosts”, poet and songwriter Ali Taha Alnobani expands his artistic journey into new sonic and poetic dimensions. Written originally in English, this song is not only a musical release but also an official literary adaptation of his earlier work “Sofia’s Masterpiece”. Here, memory, haunting echoes, and bridges between worlds come together in a genre-defying soundscape.

· Creative Credits

"Bridges & Ghosts"

Lyrics: Ali Taha Alnobani

Music & Production: Created using AI (Suno AI) under the author’s artistic supervision

Musical Arrangement: AI-generated with human guidance from Ali Taha Alnobani

Vocal Performance: AI-generated (Suno AI)

Genre: Dark Folktronica (Blending folk storytelling with electronic elements)

Special Notes:

Official literary adaptation of the original work “Sofia’s Masterpiece”

AI technology (Suno AI) used for melody generation and arrangement

Final production reviewed and approved by Ali Taha Alnobani

Contains no third-party copyrighted material

· Lyrical Dimension & Symbolism

The lyrics, written in English by Alnobani, draw inspiration from his own literary text “Sofia’s Masterpiece”. This establishes a direct bridge between poetry and song, making “Bridges & Ghosts” feel like a continuation of a written narrative now transformed into sound.

Bridges symbolize connection—between memory and reality, between past and future, between humans and their inner selves.

Ghosts represent lingering memories, haunting losses, and the unshakable presence of what has been left behind.

By fusing folk storytelling with a spectral, almost gothic atmosphere, the lyrics become both personal and universal, echoing themes of exile, remembrance, and resilience.

· Musical Atmosphere

Sonically, “Bridges & Ghosts” is rooted in Dark Folktronica, a hybrid genre blending the intimacy of folk narrative with the expansive depth of electronic textures.

Tempo & Rhythm: Steady yet haunting, a slow pulse that feels like the echo of footsteps on an abandoned bridge.

Tonal Landscape: The track leans heavily on deep bass frequencies (≈46 Hz dominance), giving it a dark and immersive foundation, while its spectral centroid (~3375 Hz) adds brightness from electronic overtones and string-like harmonics.

Vocals: AI-generated, yet guided by Alnobani’s artistic direction, the performance resonates with a human-like emotional depth—ethereal, ghostly, yet intimate.

Mood: A cinematic balance of tension and reflection, perfectly matching the “ghosts” of the lyrics.

The production demonstrates how AI-assisted music creation can achieve not only technical polish but also emotional resonance, when placed under a strong human artistic vision.

· Cultural & Artistic Significance

“Bridges & Ghosts” represents more than a single track—it is a literary-music hybrid. It extends Alnobani’s poetic world into the sonic realm, creating a unique dark folktronica protest-poem against silence and forgetting.

In a time when AI-generated music is often criticized for being soulless, this track proves otherwise: with AI as a tool and the artist as the guide, the result is a deeply meaningful, artistically rich work.

Listeners of experimental electronica, cinematic ballads, gothic folk, and literary-inspired music will find themselves captivated by this release.

· Final Thoughts

Ali Taha Alnobani’s “Bridges & Ghosts” is not just a song—it is a haunting narrative rendered in sound. It asks the listener to cross bridges of memory while facing the ghosts of the past, merging folk storytelling with electronic shadows.

This release is a testament to Alnobani’s ability to fuse poetry and AI-generated music into a work that is both technically innovative and emotionally profound.

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Ali Taha Alnobani, Bridges & Ghosts, Sofia’s Masterpiece, Dark Folktronica, AI music, folktronica, protest song, cinematic folk, AI-assisted music production, Suno AI,

Saturday, February 10, 2024

Genocide Convention

The Genocide Convention, also known as the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, is a crucial global legal instrument. It was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948 and came into force in 1951 ¹. Here are the key points about this significant convention:

Definition of Genocide:

The convention defines genocide as a crime under international law.
Genocide refers to any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group:

Killing members of the group.
Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group.
Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.
Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group.
Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

Punishable Acts:
- The following acts related to genocide are punishable:
  - Genocide itself.
  - Conspiracy to commit genocide.
  - Direct and public incitement to commit genocide.
  - Attempt to commit genocide.
  - Complicity in genocide.
Responsibility and Jurisdiction:
- Persons committing genocide, whether they are rulers, public officials, or private individuals, shall be punished.
- Trials for genocide or related acts should take place in the territory where the act was committed or by an international penal tribunal with jurisdiction.
Legislation and Cooperation:
- Contracting Parties (countries that have ratified the convention) undertake to enact necessary legislation to give effect to its provisions.
- Genocide and related acts are not considered political crimes for the purpose of extradition.
Historical Context:
- The Genocide Convention was conceived largely in response to World War II atrocities, including the Holocaust, which lacked adequate legal definitions ².

In summary, the Genocide Convention plays a crucial role in codifying and addressing the crime of genocide, obliging states to prevent and punish it. As of now, it has been ratified by 153 states, including Zambia, and continues to be a matter of priority in international law ³.

So, what has been happening in Gaza for 4 months?

Friday, November 10, 2023

A distress message from Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza

Message from the director of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza to the world on the 35th day of the war of ethnic cleansing carried out by the Israeli occupation army against the Palestinian people in Gaza.

A strange and unprecedented silence, abnormal indifference!

Hospitals, schools, mosques, churches, ambulances, and civil defense vehicles are all being bombarded and the world is just watching; a tragic scene in the truest sense of the word.

Hospitals have no fuel, no medicine.”

The displaced have no food or water.

The groaning stopped due to 35 days of the Israeli aggression, and genocide.

Aren't the world and the international community ashamed of turning a blind eye to hospitals, which are civilian facilities protected by the international laws, and attacking them is a war crime according to international conventions?

Schools that are a refuge for the displaced, who were originally displaced in 1948, must be protected by United Nations resolutions.

Where is the safe passage that the United States of America claimed was safe? Did you know that the safe passage is full of corpses since 35 days, and the bodies are still there? Some of them have decomposed because the ambulances were not able to reach them?

Where is the protection for journalists, paramedics and civil defense staffs who are protected by international law, because they are civilians that cannot be harmed by any party? We also see ambulances coming from southern Gaza heading to the northern Gaza Strip, but the occupation forces arrested the paramedics and killed 50 journalists, photographers and more than 20 paramedics and civil defense staffs.

Do the protection laws stop working when it comes to Palestine and Gaza specifically? What about the duties of the United Nations towards the Palestinian refugees? Will the United Nations just repeat statements that we are accustomed to hear and the occupation forces do not pay attention to as they continue to kill civilians in Gaza?

This unprecedented failure is a genocide against our Palestinian people. Anyone who can do something to help but does nothing is considered a direct partner. To all human beings on this planet, Gaza has been bleeding for 35 days. How much time is needed for the bloodshed to stop? How long will it take to end this terrorism against our Palestinian people? How long will the world remain in vain? When will the countries of the world impose sanctions on this occupation entity that commits massacres daily, as they do with other countries?

What Gaza needs first is to stop the Israeli war crimes against our people, and to deliver all sorts of aids, on top of these is the fuel that hospitals need to save thousands of lives. Patients and injured individuals are dying because there is no electricity after the generators stopped working because there isn't any drop of fuel

صمت غريب وعجيب، عدم مبالاة غير طبيعي!

"مستشفيات ومدارس ومساجد وكنائس وسيارات إسعاف ودفاع مدني كلها تُقصف أمام مرآى ومسمع العالم، مشهد مأساوي بمعنى الكلمة .

"المستشفيات لا وقود لا دواء"

"النازحين لا طعام ولا ماء "

"انقطع الأنين بعد 35 يوماً من العدوان الإسرائيلي , وما زالت الإبادة الجماعية مُستمرة .

ألم يخجل هذا العالم والمجتمع الدولي من القيام بواجباته تجاه "المستشفيات التي تُعتبر هي المكان المدني المعروف في العالم بأنه محمي دولياً" , والذي يعتبر الاعتداء عليه هي حرب لكل المواثيق الدولية .

"والمدارس التي تُعتبر ملجأً للنازحين والذين هُم بالأساس مُهجرين من ديارهم عام 1948 , والتي يجب أن تكون محمية بقرارات الأمم المتحدة.

"أين هو الطريق الأمن الذي ادعت الولايات الأمريكية بأنه طريق أمن , هل تعرفون أن الطريق الأمن مليء بالجثث منذ 35 يوماً وما زالت الجثث كما هي وبعضها تحللت دون تمكن الإسعاف من الوصول له .

"أين هي حماية الصحفيين والمسعفين ورجال الدفاع المدني الذين يعتبرهم القانون الدولي سلطة وأنهم مدنيين لا يُمكن أن يتعرض لهم أحد, ونح نُشاهد اليوم سيارة إسعاف قادمة من جنوب غزة متجهة إلى شمال القطاع وقامت قوات الاحتلال باعتقال المُسعفين , وقتلت 50 صحفي ومصور وأكثر من 20 مسعف ورجال دفاع دمني".

هل تنتهي قوانين الحماية عندما يكون الأمر يتعلق بفلسطين وفي غزة تحديداً، "أين هي واجبات الأمم المتحدة تجاه اللاجئين الفلسطينيين، هل ستكتفي بتكرار تصريحات تعودنا عليها ولا يُلقي الاحتلال لها بالاً وهو يستمر في قتل المدنيين في غزة .

"هذا التخاذل الغير مسبوق يعتبر شريكاً في حرب الإبادة الجماعية ضد شعبنا الفلسطيني، وكُل من يستطيع فعل شيء للمساعدة ولم يفعل شيئاً يعتبر شريك مُباشر، وإلى كُل إنسان على هذه الأرض , إن غزة تنزف منذ 35 يوماً , كم من الوقت يحتاج حتى يتوقف نزيف الدماء , كم من الوقت حتى يتوقف هذا الإرهاب تجاه شعبنا الفلسطيني , إلى متى سيبقى العالم في سبات , متى ستفرض دول العالم عقوبات على هذا الكيان المُحتل الذي يرتكب المجازر يومياً كما يفعل مع دول أخرى .

"ما تحتاجه غزة أولاً، هو وقف العدوان الإسرائيلي عن شعبنا، وإدخال المساعدات بكافة أشكالها , وعلى رأس هذه المساعدات الوقود الذي تحتاجه المستشفيات لإنقاذ ألاف المرضى الذين يلفظون انفاسهم الأخيرة بعد انقطاع الكهرباء ونفاذ الوقود عنها .

#انقذوا_غزة

Friday, October 5, 2018

Zeus and Aphrodite in Jerash- Jordan

Yesterday I visited the site of the ruins of Jerash where a collection of Greek statues was discovered. The statues are all carved with marble, and except the great god of Greek Zeus, they are headless. I have noticed that there is great attention to detail by the creative sculptors who have accomplished these wonderful works.
A team of scientists and specialists led by a German scientist named Thomas are working on the maintenance and restoration of statues, I was pleased to meet them and to see the great art of old nations in Jerash.