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Yousif Nur

Yousif Nur is a journalist who writes freelance for various publications including the Guardian, Dazed and Confused and Notion Magazine. He writes mostly about music. He tweets here

December 2023

  • Graham Butterworth at his allotment

    Experience
    Experience: I’m a world champion pea thrower

    My current record is 44 metres – there’s definitely a special technique

March 2020

  • ‘There’s no-one else in London doing this’ ... the crowd at Hishek Bishek.

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    Everybody dance! Hishek Bishek, the Arabic club night open to all

    Despite the UK’s large Arab population, there are few clubs that play their music. Enter Hishek Bishek, where you can find high-speed dabke, mahraganat and more

September 2019

  • 6Ts Rhythm and Soul club night, 100 Club, London

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    6Ts Rhythm and Soul Society: sweat and talc at London's longest-running club night

    For 40 years, one all-nighter has brought the heaviest, most obscure soul classics to London’s 100 Club – and its middle-aged crowd doesn’t quit

June 2018

  • ‘People might see Asperger’s syndrome as something holding White back, but that clearly isn’t the case.’

    A comedian with Asperger’s who isn’t an antisocial introvert? It’s no joke

    Yousif Nur
    Robert White is turning Britain’s Got Talent into Britain’s Got Tolerance – and demolishing Asperger’s myths on the way, says music journalist Yousif Nur

March 2016

  • Detox dancing … partygoers at a Morning Gloryville event.

    Dance yourself happy: the rise of the sober rave

    Out with overpriced booze and 5am taxi rides, in with early morning shape-throwing, yoga spaces and ‘greeting angels’. With advocates in Boy George and Fatboy Slim, is the sober rave here to stay?

December 2013

  • susan boyle on stage

    It helps that Susan Boyle has made her Asperger's public

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    Yousif Nur: People have called me weird all my life. Perhaps the singer's late diagnosis will increase awareness of the syndrome

July 2012

  • Neneh Cherry

    Old music
    Old music: Neneh Cherry – Buffalo Stance

    Yousif Nur: It began life as a Stock, Aitken & Waterman B-side, but Buffalo Stance set a template for generations of street smart women

April 2012

  • Mark E Smith

    Old music
    Old music: The Fall – Bingo Master's Breakout

    Yousif Nur: Let's travel back to a time when Mark E Smith was just a wilful lad rather than the most terrifying man in independent music

May 2011

  • Violinist Marques Toliver: a star on the rise

    Yousif Nur: From busking in Brooklyn to recording in London, multi-instrumentalist Marques Toliver is making a big impression, and has a lot of big ideas

January 2011

  • Roskilde Festival 2006

    The upside of living with Asperger's

    Yousif Nur

    Yousif Nur: Those, like me, who have Asperger's syndrome may struggle with daily interactions – but we find solace in our passions

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