Category: Interviews

Palestinian maqloubeh and Django after Corona

Recently, Doc Jazz was interviewed by MTS , one of the more prestigious music blogs in the world of Indie music. The topic was his new album ‘Love in the Time of Corona‘. You can go ahead and read the whole interview. What follows here, however, is a short overview of the highlights of that exchange. Obviously, the title of...

Road to Tantura

Road to Tantura: visualizing the Palestinian Nakba

Road to Tantura is an important and promising documentary by Hala Gabriel, that will be released soon. It deals with the history and present of Tantura, a fishing village south of Haifa, that was ethnically cleansed by Zionist terror brigades on May 22, 1948. The catastrophe (‘Nakba’ in Arabic) of Zionist ethnic cleansing struck hundreds of Palestinian villages and towns...

Doc Jazz interviewed on Palestinian radio program from Ramallah

On May 27th, Doc Jazz was interviewed by Mahmoud Hrebat in his radio show “Dot Com”, broadcast by the station 24FM. Through a Skype connection, Mahmoud asked Doc Jazz questions about his connection to Palestine, his music, the role of social media, and other aspects of the Musical Intifada. What was also discussed was how music can play a role...

Young Palestinian artist Lina Abojaradeh: art is my one form of resistance

It must have been about half a year ago when on Twitter, I came across a stunning painting relating to the Palestinian struggle, that I then decided to share on my Facebook page. I remember being enchanted by its moving symbolism, its use of colours, and its powerful message. The name of the artist, Lina Abojaradeh, was pasted at the...