In this article published in the November edition of Middle East magazine, Randa Safieh talks to some of the artists from the Lyrical Alliance collective, inspired by the legendary ‘Mu’Allaqat‘ poems, which performed in Camden last month. Last month Dash Arts and the Camden Roundhouse presented a collaboration of some of the most prominent Arab hip-hop heavyweights. It was a...
On October 4th 2009, Doc Jazz gave a concert in the main auditorium at Al Quds University. “It was truly an unforgettable experience; the response from the audience was absolutely amazing. This concert was organized thanks to the interest of fans that live in the Jerusalem region, and who wished to hear me playing my songs live.” (quote from the...
This live telephone interview was held on Press TV on April 13th in the program ‘Remember Palestine’. First, they broadcast a large part of the song ‘Home (for Jenin)’, then I was asked a few questions by telephone. Although I have often been interviewed, it is rather uncomfortable to be interviewed by telephone, those of you who have experience...
(This interview was originally published at the Palestine Think Tank) In December 2000, Doc Jazz released his first political song ‘Intifada’, which was listened to widely on the world wide web, and started his internet project ‘The Musical Intifada’. Since that time, the collection of his self-written and -produced songs has grown to over 90 funky pop-songs, the majority of...
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