Omar Afra·Sep 23TexasMuslim.Org is a Resource to Help Muslims Stand Up Islamophobia in TexasBy Omar Afra
Omar Afra·Sep 23Brandon Gill Doesn’t Know Beans About Texas MuslimsBankrolled by his father-in-law Dinesh D’Souza, backed by AIPAC and boosted by super PACs, Brandon Gill has mistaken a silver-spoon…
Omar Afra·Sep 15Omar Afra on Day for Night and Houston’s New-Media Art MomentA first-person account by Day for Night co-founder Omar Afra on the festival’s origins, its visual-art program, the artists and…
Omar Afra·Aug 312003–2018 Free Press Houston Archive, ReassembledA Very Incomplete Record of a Very Productive Mess
Omar Afra·Aug 15Omar Afra Launches Live Index to Examine the Economics of Live MusicWHY I BUILT LIVE INDEX
Omar Afra·Aug 8Omar Afra on Live Music’s Corporate Death SpiralA wide-ranging conversation about festivals, Live Nation, Ticketmaster, rising concert prices, promoter consolidation, independent music…
Omar Afra·Aug 5The Future of Concerts Depends on Giving Fans Economic PowerOmar Afra argues that ticketing technology can become the infrastructure for a parallel live-music economy — one that treats fans as…
Omar Afra·Jul 26Live Nation — Ticketmaster Charges You to Lobby Against YouLive Nation turns concert money into political power, political power into market protection, and market protection back into the fees fans…
Omar Afra·May 29Democrats Can Support Israel or Win Elections. They Cannot Do Both.Israel has become the place where Democratic human-rights language goes to die, and young voters are noticing.
Omar Afra·May 27The Live Music Crisis Archive: Omar Afra on Live Nation, Ticketmaster, AI Music, and the Future of…A Testset dossier on monopoly power, Blue Dot Fever, festival collapse, independent venues, and the fight to keep live music human.
