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....
This article was written by Tariq Shadid (aka Doc Jazz) in 2002, during the time when he was a regular writer for the Palestine Chronicle. ZNet, the renowned progressive magazine, then republished it on their website. Although this short contemplative piece was written more than 8 years ago, much of it still rings true. There still is an urgent need...
This morning we received news through Facebook that Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh, formerly of the faculty of Duke and Yale University, and now teaching at Bethlehem University, was arrested yesterday for objecting to an expanding settlement in a Palestinian town. Today, he and two others were released again. Five people from Walaja remained imprisoned by the Israeli army at the publishing...
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...
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