The Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad on July 31 published an article relating to a new Dutch law that will be implemented today, on August 1. The new law forbids the wearing of face-covering clothes, and applies equally to women who wear a niqab (veil), as to any people who wear balaclavas or integral motor helmets. However, in one of the...
Dear friends: here are three recent examples of how my music brought the Palestinian cause to non-politically involved people from the West. I wish to share them with you, as accomplishments of the Musical Intifada, for which I also owe thanks to the many supporters that I feel blessed to have. While I lacked the support of the usual pro-Palestine...
This article is a modification for English-speaking readers of the Dutch original which was published a few days ago on the Dutch website Wijblijvenhier, where it was received with over 1800 Facebook-likes within a little over 24 hours. By Tariq Shadid – All of a sudden, racism in the Netherlands has become a subject of regular and open debate....
As was announced earlier on this website, Doc Jazz recently concluded a trip to the Netherlands, where he gave a lecture at Erasmus University in Rotterdam about emigration (May 27), performed at the manifestation ‘NAKBA 65’ in Rotterdam (June 1), and was featured as the main guest in the NTR program OBA Live on June 4. In this same...
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