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TAXI DRIVERS
Cab drivers are as international a group of music-lovers as you'll find anywhere. Click below to hear the tunes that keep the Bristol drivers going.
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1 Our Society
2 Iceberg
3 Meri Tauba
4 Widaa
5 Galim im Roa
6 Akhian
7 Saving Myself
8 Chura Liya
9 Shater
10 Universal Struggle
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Contributor
PATRICK GAYLE
SOROOSH VAKILPOUR
MANZOOR HUSSAIN
ADEL SHAHIN
MOHAMED BEN HASSEN
SHAHBAZ SHAFI
'ICE' aka DAVID TINLING
SHAHAID HUSSAIN
HOSNI AL ALANEH
JIMMY SWING
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Track: Widaa
Artist: Magida Al Roumi
Music: Palestinian
Chosen by: Adel Shahin (Bristol)
 ÌýÌýListen to Adel Shahin and hear the track Widaa by Magida Al Roumi (Local cassette, 1977)
I come from the Middle East - from Palestine, Jerusalem. I came to this country in 1987. I started working in a restaurant in Park Street, and my qualification is in Hotel Management. I worked there for a while and they didn’t pay me very well, so I started working as a Taxi driver. I found it a bit easier but now it is getting harder - with all the traffic in Bristol, you can’t get anywhere, there is too much stress in it. It’s very hard to deal with the public as well, So I try to work in the night-time which is a bit easier. We’ve got used to it but its not its very good for the family. You can’t spend much time with your kids and your wife - you are talking about 12 hours every day - but at the end of the day you have to work to earn a living and to pay the bills.
The music I like actually is the 60’s the 70’s I like rock and roll music. When I get bored I listen to some Arab music. My favourite music is classical music - it’s all about memories and history and hard relationships - and relaxing music. This is what its about.
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