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Rami Yacoub: Swedish-Palestinian Music Giant

Have you heard of Rami Yacoub before? Maybe you haven’t, but one thing that’s for sure, is that you have heard songs he produced or co-produced. Does  Britney’s “Hit Me Baby One More Time” ring any bells? Or Ariana Grande’s “One Last Time”? What about Backstreet Boys’ “Shape of Your Heart”? Rami Yacoub is among the true giants of the...

John Legend says those who deny injustice against Palestinians are willfully blind (with transcript)

John Legend, who was being interviewed together with Patrisse Cullors by Mehdi Hasan on The Intercept, in a discussion on the Justice System, showed no hesitation when Hasan asked him about the situation in Palestine. “It’s just a human position” … “It’s so obvious. Anybody who doesn’t believe that’s the case, are being willfully blind.” The discussion was published at...

Children of Gaza

Don’t forget the children of Gaza

The Gaza strip is a narrow area of Palestine, that only measures 11 by 51 kilometres, and nevertheless is home to 1.6 million Palestinians. Most inhabitants of the Gaza strip, about 75% percent of them, are refugees from the ethnic cleansing of Palestine that was perpetrated by zionist terror organizations in 1948 (the Nakba). Since 2007, ‘Israel’ has kept Gaza...

Valentine (kind of) rhymes with Palestine

Valentine’s Day is taking the world by storm as a commercial celebration of romantic love. In its origins, it is a Christian religious celebration of a saint known as Valentinus. However, we live in the day and age of Capitalism as the dominant ideology. Many people around the world seem to have embraced it as their new religion. Consequently, Valentine’s...