Source: Human Rights Defenders – Lawyer Shireen Issawi has been held captive in the prisons of the Israeli occupation since March 6 of this year. She was accused together with five other attorneys of working against the Israeli state with hostile parties. Shireen is well-known for having been the spokeswoman and one of the main protagonists of the campaign calling...
The international Free Shireen Issawi Campaign wishes to inform supporters of Shireen, the lawyer and activist held in solitary confinement in Israel’s military occupation prison system, and all supporters of those who defend the political and human rights of the Palestinian people, that Shireen Issawi is the winner of the international Alkarama award for Human Rights Defenders. Alkarama is a...
By Doc Jazz – In the online world of music, there are hundreds of music platforms and many of them have ongoing songwriter competitions. I have never entered any of my songs into one, partly because I have too much on my mind to bother, and partly because I have no strong interest in winning any of their prizes. This...
This article by Ruud Bemelmans has an interesting story behind it. Ruud, originally from Holland and living in the United Kingdom, is passionate about music. He has been blind since he was fifteen, and in his own words, ‘sound became more important, and so did music’. He contacted me a few months ago about the Palestinian shibbabeh, a traditional instrument...
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