This week’s free song is one of Doc Jazz’s Arabic songs and it’s called Falasteen (el 3alam), which means Palestine (The Flag). This song pays tribute to the cause for Palestinian freedom, and in its chorus says that the (Palestinian) flag will be raised over a free Palestine and a free Al Quds (Jerusalem). Play or download the song as...
Every Friday, a different Doc Jazz songs is designated as ‘Free Song of the Week’ and can be downloaded without any payment. This week’s free song is ‘Why the Innocent’. It is a piano ballad, which was written immediately after the bombings of Amman on November 9, 2005, in which three hotels were targeted and 60 people were killed. Many...
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...
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