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Impressions from the Doc Jazz tour in the Netherlands

Doc Jazz has had an eventful week in the Netherlands and Belgium, with 4 performances, 3 radio appearances and an interview with a Dutch magazine, which all took place between May 13 and May 21. The performances were at fundraising events for causes relating to Palestine; the event in Brussels was aimed at collecting funds for the Askar refugee camp...

Nabil Mansour: rising Palestinian star from Barcelona 

In the vast world of music in the Spanish language, a gifted and talented Palestinian musician is making sure the voice of his people is heard, in a way that in some ways is similar to what Doc Jazz is doing with music in the English language.   His name is Nabil Mansour, and his music is sophisticated, easy on...

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!...