Tagged: intifada

Why you should listen to the music of Doc Jazz

By Imane M. – translated from Dutch – Soon, on May 12th, Doc Jazz will come and perform his songs in Amsterdam. I don’t want to miss it, and you shouldn’t want to miss it either! Maybe you are thinking: ‘Doc Jazz? Old-fashioned jazz music with all kinds of complex improvisations? Not for me!’ Well, I am a big fan...

Tweeting for Khader: major kudos and a point of criticism

The past week has been an amazing week for Twitter activism for the Palestinian cause. In fact, the achievements could be described as historic. For 6 days in a row, hashtags related to Khader Adnan’s hunger strike managed to make it to the world trending list 7 times in total. The success of these online demonstrations must be attributed mostly...

Sailors jailed, Freedom Waves Flotilla sails on

Sailors jailed, Freedom Waves Flotilla sails on

by Tariq Shadid – The past years have seen a rise in non-violent activism against the Israeli occupation and against the blockade of Gaza. It is quite important to realize that the success or failure of these actions usually does not depend on the achievement of the direct physical aim of the protest, but much more on the indirect symbolical effects...

A review of Doc Jazz’s album Front Door Key

A review of Doc Jazz’s album Front Door Key

By Hanane Harram, Rotterdam (Netherlands) – Doc Jazz is a music artist-activist with songs for all generations. He has created a very nice form of art based on the Palestinian cause. You can feel the strong emotions in his fantastic songs. His music spans the entire musical horizon – it rocks, it grooves and it has a strong and powerful...