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...
Pamela Olaizola from Argentina went to visit the Issawi family in the Occupied Jerusalem district town of Issawiya. Her report and interview was published on the Facebook page of the Free Shireen Issawi Campaign. Please read this and share it widely, to help draw attention to the case of these three brave siblings, who are still held in detention in...
Ramallah, Palestine – Occupation authorities have released Palestinian activist Suhaib Zahida after a detention of one week. He was arrested on the unusual and unprecedented charge of writing slogans of incitement against ‘Israel’ on social media and Facebook, and specifically against Ghassan Elian, commander of the Golani Brigade of the Israeli army responsible for the massacre in the Shujaiya neighborhood...
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