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How to make a Palestinian shibbabeh and play on it

How to make a Palestinian shibbabeh and play on it

This is a tutorial – which includes a video – on how to make a Palestinian shibbabeh and the basics of how to play on it! In the video, it is explained how to make a shibbabeh, and also how to master the technique of producing sound from it. Towards the end of the video, some examples of Palestinian melodies...

A Facebook Milestone – thanks to YOU

A Facebook Milestone – thanks to YOU

When I first entered Facebook, I was a little skeptical about the whole thing. I was never too impressed with Myspace, where my friends list was growing rapidly but I felt there was little interaction on my Doc Jazz page there – so I expected Facebook to simply be more of the same. How wrong I turned out to be!...

Doc Jazz: an Arab voice speaking in the language of the world

Doc Jazz: an Arab voice speaking in the language of the world

Don’t be fooled by the stage name: Doc Jazz is an Arab. If you would stumble upon his music by accident, and hear one of his non-political songs, you might think you are dealing with your regular Western musician, possibly American or European. But then again, perhaps that is exactly the purpose behind choosing that alias. Maybe you are intended...

إذا الشّعْبُ يَوْمَاً أرَادَ الْحَيَـاةَ – الشاعر التونسي ابو القاسم الشابي

إذا الشّعْبُ يَوْمَاً أرَادَ الْحَيَـاةَ – الشاعر التونسي ابو القاسم الشابي

إذا الشّعْبُ  يَوْمَاً  أرَادَ   الْحَيَـاةَ          فَلا  بُدَّ  أنْ  يَسْتَجِيبَ   القَـدَر   وَلا بُـدَّ  لِلَّيـْلِ أنْ  يَنْجَلِــي               وَلا  بُدَّ  للقَيْدِ  أَنْ   يَـنْكَسِـر   وَمَنْ  لَمْ  يُعَانِقْهُ  شَوْقُ  الْحَيَـاةِ          تَبَخَّـرَ  في  جَوِّهَـا   وَانْدَثَـر   فَوَيْلٌ  لِمَنْ  لَمْ   تَشُقْـهُ   الْحَيَاةُ           مِنْ   صَفْعَـةِ  العَـدَم  المُنْتَصِر كَذلِكَ  قَالَـتْ  لِـيَ  الكَائِنَاتُ              وَحَدّثَنـي  رُوحُـهَا    المُسْتَتِر