Taqbir are a post punk band who encourage and empower North African women to be themselves. Growing up in Morocco, pursuing the simple pleasures of freedom of self-expression – especially through the production of non-censored music – could cost you your life.

Taqbir @ Trans Pecos

10/29/23.

Taqbir must be great. My physical release snobbishness usually makes me not want to buy a 4th pressing. I want the first...maybe the 2nd. But I went ahead and bought this. This has two things going for it: (1) It has the motorik guitar and drum punk sound that I love (see recent post for Waldo Faldo which also mentioned Ausmuteants) and (2) It's punk from a country I don't associate with punk.

Taqbir is a Tangier, Morocco band that bring the intensity and sneering attitude I want in my punk. I get that without sacrificing the melody. "Victory Belongs To Those Who Fight For A Right Cause" is an amazing title to a fantastic 4-song 7" punk explosion. I will also readily admit that I was drawn to music described as "four short vomits of anti-religious sentiment made music. Sang in Moroccan Arabic Taqbir’s lyrics are irreverent, careless outburst of anger towards an extremely patriarchal oppressive place."