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...
By Tariq Shadid – Among Palestinians, many consider the recent cease-fire between ‘Israel’ and the Palestinians to be a victory for the resistance. For those looking on from the outside, this response may be quite puzzling. How can a people claim victory when 2145 of their citizens have lost their lives under Israeli shelling and bombing, the vast majority of...
I consider the song “Right of Return”, although not necessarily my most popular song with the audience in musical terms, to be one of my most important works. There are a number of reasons why I see it this way. First of all, according to my view, the Right of Return is the heart of the Palestinian cause. Without putting...
This article is a modification for English-speaking readers of the Dutch original which was published a few days ago on the Dutch website Wijblijvenhier, where it was received with over 1800 Facebook-likes within a little over 24 hours. By Tariq Shadid – All of a sudden, racism in the Netherlands has become a subject of regular and open debate....
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