If it hadn’t been for the attentiveness of Dr. Lina El Houssein in the Netherlands, we might never have known – but Doc Jazz’s song ‘HUNGRY’ was played at the end of the Dubai TV program ‘Qabil linniqaash’ (‘Up for Discussion’), which had a special feature about the courageous hunger strike protests of Palestinians in Israeli ‘administrative detention’. A...
In these difficult times, there is some really good news to report for the Musical Intifada ! Doc Jazz was invited to become a member of the Friends of the Palestine Orchestras, a group of people and organizations who support the Edward Said National Conservatory’s goal of providing musical education to Palestinians living in occupied Palestine. This invitation was...
Today morning, at around 10:30 Palestine time, Shireen Issawi, Samer’s sister, posted on her Facebook page that she was stopped by Israeli forces. Her car was jammed by two Israeli jeeps, and thoroughly searched. Shortly afterwards, news was being tweeted of her arrest.
Deze brief werd gisteren op de Facebook pagina gepost van Shireen Issawi, in het Arabisch. Het is de tweede open brief van Samer Issawi, Palestijnse hongerstaker, in deze vorm. De brief schreef hij naar de aanleiding van de farce van een Israelische ‘hoorzitting’ waar hij de dag ervoor voor was gesommeerd. Er werd voor hem geen resultaat geboekt; zijn gevangenschap...
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