Bahraini cover of 'No Woman, No Cry' raises eyebrows on social media (VIDEO)

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A video of the band led by Bahraini singer Mohammed Al Bakri was posted on the Tunes Arabia YouTube channel on Thursday. The Khaleeji-style cover of the Bob Marley song shows the all-male choir dressed in traditional thobes and gowns and even some fiery dancing to the reggae tune.
The song, released in 1974 by Bob Marley and the Wailers, addresses a poor woman growing up in the Jamaican slums, promising that things will be “alright” and asking her not to cry. In Jamaican Patois, the title line is rendered “No, woman, nuh cry,” where “nuh” stands for “don’t.”
Some Twitterati praised the cover, Al Bakri’s cover calling it a “kick-ass Bahraini version” of the reggae hit, and even“the best thing I’ve seen all week.” Others did not share the excitement saying that “things can’t get any weirder.”
https://twitter.com/becca_wasser/status/934764596551995393
Awesome Saudi (?) Bob Marley cover https://t.co/2hEmDwtbEg
— İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي (@iyad_elbaghdadi) November 26, 2017
However, there were also those appalled by the very image of Arabic men singing about the plight of a woman, with comments on the state of human rights overshadowing the fun. Some sarcastically commented that “No Woman, No Drive” would be a more fitting title for the version, while one commenter on YouTube wrote “RIP NO WOMAN NO CRY.”
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