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Rock the Casbah

The Clash song also makes references to the cordoned off Arab areas of European colonial holdings. Rock the Casbah has been said to be a reference to the anti-imperialist movements in colonial nations as well as the banning of music in Persian and Arab nations.

Rock the Casbah = The Casbah in Algiers during the time that France occupied Algeria.

by Battle of the Algiers October 2, 2009

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