Tagged: song

Analysis of the song Right of Return

I consider the song “Right of Return”, although not necessarily my most popular song with the audience in musical terms, to be one of my most important works. There are a number of reasons why I see it this way. First of all, according to my view, the Right of Return is the heart of the Palestinian cause. Without putting...

Al Jeel Al Jadeed

Tweep support for ‘Al Jeel Al Jadeed’

Welcome to the age of social media! And because these are the times we live in, it definitely matters what you do, say, or tweet.   I suddenly found out how you can embed tweets into website posts (silly me that I never researched that before, although I had seen it on other websites). I wanted to embed a whole...

Shahd Abusalama

Coming soon: Gaza youth music video ‘Al Jeel Al Jadeed’

Palestinian artist Doc Jazz’s new Arabic song ‘Al Jeel Al Jadeed’ (‘The New Generation’), which has not been released to the public yet, has a music video in the making that was filmed in Gaza with the participation of many youths from various backgrounds. The video marks the debut of widely known Palestinian artist and blogger Shahd Abusalama as creative...

'Hungry' was composed for Samer Issawi

Did ‘Hungry’ make a difference? Ask a Genie!

The Musical Intifada does not have a section where emails from fans and visitors are routinely published. After all, this site is not a ‘magazine’. However, I received an email from a fan that I found so thought-provoking that I decided to publish some of the communication here, with permission of course. The sender calls herself ‘Genie’, which apparently is...