The Musical Intifadah


Featured artists and bands: David Rovics, The Savage Rose, Jim Page, Frank Abbinanti, Duo Doloroso, Anis Hamadeh, Osama Mounir, Doc Jazz, Zaid Tayem and Hanien, (the late) Jos Linnebank, Iron Sheik, The Philistines

Our team wishes to welcome you to this website, a Palestinian initiative which aims to present to you an alternative way of promoting the cause of the Palestinian people. We aim to promote and support projects that involve music of any kind, for the Palestinian cause, which is essentially a human rights issue, more than it is a political one.

In its melodic and original non-profit manner, the Musical Intifadah hopes to portray the reality of the continuing infringements upon the rights and the lives of the Palestinian people, to those who are willing to listen to the music. In this way, we believe, the message becomes more accessible to those in the public who are not primarily interested in politics. Therefore, we hope to reach an audience that would otherwise remain oblivious to the truths about an issue, that is perhaps the most talked about conflict in the modern world.

The music on this website has many different styles, accommodating for various tastes in music, as you can see if you browse through the song pages. Generally speaking, it adresses the Western world, where misinformation in the media concerning the Palestinian cause, is unfortunately rampant.

We are very thankful to those artists, many of them from the United States, who contributed their music clips to the project, which can be accessed by clicking here We hope their example will  inspire more musicians, from anywhere in the world, to  record songs about this issue, in which case we would love to hear more about it.

We invite you to send your constructive comments, marketing suggestions, or questions about the distribution of music, or live performances, through the email form .
For more general information, please click on either of the following links:

-         FAQ

-         Interview about the Musical Intifadah

-         Reflections on  Political  Songwriting

 

Tariq Shadid, surgeon

Creative Director and Webmaster

The Netherlands

 

Zaid Tayem, musician and music teacher

Live Events Manager

The Netherlands

 

Rasha Tazami, architect

Public Relations Officer

Al Quds/Jerusalem, Palestine

 

 

Miss Engineer, computer engineer

Flash/Video productions

Amman, Jordan

 

We wish you a pleasant and eye-opening visit, and hope you enjoy the music!