Glasgow Caledonian University has a Centre for Political Song, which was one of the first organizations that took notice of my political songwriting. In 2003, after the Centre had published a number of Doc Jazz song lyrics, I was asked to write a short article about political songwriting. The original article can be found here, still on the University’s website....
The end of 2010 is nearing, quite shortly after the start of the Islamic new year 1432. It is obvious that the rhythm of day and night, moon cycles and earth rotations around the sun can be counted and numbered in different ways according to ones culture or religion. At work however, I am accustomed to entering the Gregorian date...
In this article published in the November edition of Middle East magazine, Randa Safieh talks to some of the artists from the Lyrical Alliance collective, inspired by the legendary ‘Mu’Allaqat‘ poems, which performed in Camden last month. Last month Dash Arts and the Camden Roundhouse presented a collaboration of some of the most prominent Arab hip-hop heavyweights. It was a...
In this brand new music video of Palestinian artist Doc Jazz for the song Falasteen (el 3alam), meaning Palestine (the flag), he cooperated with the talented Palestinian photographer Ahmad A. Mesleh, who lent him his amazing photos for this production. Visit Ahmad Mesleh’s website http://www.eyeonpalestine.com and Doc Jazz’s website http://www.docjazz.com for more!
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