Anna Loulou, Jaffa’s underground bar shuts down

According to Hawash, Anna Loulou provided a platform for Palestinian artists and DJs who lacked other places to perform in the Tel Aviv area, or found themselves tokenized as Arabs when they did. Located outside the hip flea-market section of Jaffa, the historic port city abutting Tel Aviv, Anna Loulou was surrounded by neighbors who chafed at the nightlife that the bar brought to the street and launched numerous noise complaints, says Hawash. Compiled by Hawash and several of the bar’s DJs, the following is a sample soundtrack of the music played at Anna Loulou, from Palestinian ballads to Algerian folk to Hebrew pop.

Source: roadsandkingdoms.com