Delaware beach buries summer 2017
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YallaPunk Festival is the first Arab-American punk festival in Philadelphia and aims to bring together Middle Eastern and North African Americans to celebrate their music, art, film and other cultural artifacts. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Panelists (from left) Marwan Kamel, Rana Fayez, Becca Khalil, and another speaker talk about how to sincerely market yourself as a MENA artist at YallaPunk 2017. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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''The Essential Feminist'' panel skypes in Miriam Hakim after Hurricane Harvey blocked her from leaving Houston to attend the panel at YallaPunk. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Sofia Ben-Hur (second from right), of the punk band Flwer Pnk, animatedly talks about their experience with idenity and religion as a MENA artist. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Poet Maryan Nagy leads a workshop on house and home during YallaPunk 2017. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Attendees of the first YallaPunk Festival listen and vibe as punk band Night Raid performs at Johnny Brenda's in Philadelphia. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Poet Becca Khail performs at the first YallaPunk Festival in Philadelphia. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Lime Rickey International performs at Johnny Brenda's for the first annual YallaPunk Festival in Philadelphia. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Rose Buttress sells her embroidered goods in the vendor section of YallaPunk. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Bushra Alfaraj (right) chats with a YallaPunk attendee about different MENA programing around Philadelphia. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Zein Hassanein gives a talk about ElectroShabbi music, which originated in Egypt, at YallaPunk 2017. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Comedian Aron Kader closes out the first annual YallaPunk Festival in Philadelphia. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Attendees of the first annual YallaPunk Festival listen and laugh as comedy headliner Aron Kader closes out the day at The Barbary. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Rana Fayez, 29, is the brains behind YallaPunk. She came up with the festival in response to the increase of negative media depictions of those of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) descent . YallaPunk Festival is the first Arab-American punk festival in Philadelphia and aims to bring together MENA-Americans to celebrate their music, art, film and other cultural artifacts. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Punk band Night Raid performs at Johnny Brenda's for the first annual YallaPunk Festival in Philadelphia. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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The 32nd Annual Bethany Beach Jazz Funeral
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The 32nd Annual Bethany Beach Jazz Funeral
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The 32nd Annual Bethany Beach Jazz Funeral
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The 32nd Annual Bethany Beach Jazz Funeral
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The 32nd Annual Bethany Beach Jazz Funeral
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The 32nd Annual Bethany Beach Jazz Funeral
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The 32nd Annual Bethany Beach Jazz Funeral
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The 32nd Annual Bethany Beach Jazz Funeral
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The 32nd Annual Bethany Beach Jazz Funeral
With full band and coffin leading the procession of mourners, Bethany Beach marked the end of summer with its annual jazz funeral.
While tourism leaders in the southern Delaware beach communities will be quick to point out that there’s plenty of things to attract visitors to the area during the off-season, Monday’s funeral for summer is evidence that it’s just not the same.
Hundreds turned out on Labor Day to pay their final respects to the summer of 2017.
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