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Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters Joins Jury of Russell Tribunal on Palestine
Roger Waters, founding member of the British rock band Pink Floyd, has announced that he will join Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker, civil rights icon Angela Davis, and others on the jury of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RToP), taking place in New York City, October 6–7, 2012.
Countering slurs
Very few films or TV programmes portray Arabs in a favourable light. Those that do need to counter the negative images reflected in the bigotry of a century in Hollywood. The road to deserved improvement of the Arab image in the west will be paved with films that portray Arabs as they really are.
Haifa Wehbe denies role in Gaza-bound voyage
By Habib Toumi, Bahrain Bureau Chief Lebanese superstar Haifa Wehbe and Hezbollah have denied media reports that the religious formation had banned the singer from boarding Mariam, the Gaza-bound ship carrying humanitarian aid. Haifa said that she did not sign up to be among the activists planning to board the ship to break the Gaza [...]
Roger Waters – “We Shall Overcome”, Palestine
Roger Waters wrote: “Over the new year 2009-2010, an international group of 1500 men and women from 42 nations went to Egypt to join a Freedom March to Gaza. They did this to protest the current blockade of Gaza. To protest the fact that the people of Gaza live in a virtual prison. To protest [...]
Israel and the World Cup: Always Scores High
By Haitham Sabbah | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Congratulations to all football lovers, the countdown has finally come to end and now we can all watch the new edition of the World Cup. Football was always one of the few things that brings the world together. Well, everyone but Israel. It seems that Israel has [...]
Boycott Targets Stars From Elvis to Elton
By Nathan Guttman Washington – It was a feather in the cap of pro-boycott activists, but for Israelis, a major setback. With battle lines drawn across concert halls and stadiums hosting rock bands, the decision by mega-star Elvis Costello to cancel his planned concerts in Israel is being viewed as a game changer. In a [...]
Elvis Costello cancels Israel Tour
It Is After Considerable Contemplation… It is after considerable contemplation that I have lately arrived at the decision that I must withdraw from the two performances scheduled in Israel on the 30th of June and the 1st of July. One lives in hope that music is more than mere noise, filling up idle time, whether [...]
Gaza World Cup (May 1st until May 15th, 2010)
It seems that football fans might be able to do what Arab governments have miserably failed to achieve or even address: lifting the illegal inhuman Israeli siege off Gaza! Get involved! Efforts like the Gaza World Cup, as cliché as it sounds, are only as strong as those who choose to seize the opportunity and [...]
Sculpture offends and ‘hurts’ poor little Israel
The Israeli embassy in Madrid is “hurt” and “offended!” How touching… It’s okay for Israelis to kill everyday, to spit on Christians and Muslims, to kidnap people and harvest their organs, to arrest and jail children, to use illegal weapons, to impose an illegal siege on a million and a half people in Gaza, to [...]
Music: Rebellious rhymes from Nahr al-Bared camp
The hip-hop beats ringing through the muddy, unlit streets of the burnt-out Palestinian refugee camp Nahr al-Bared seem incongruous. But the rhymes are camp-grown – and courageous. “I’m carrying worries / From inside a destroyed camp / I’m preparing an attack / Words that keep turning in my head / Nahr al-Bared is fenced-in with [...]
Roger Waters of Pink Floyd: Message of Goodwill to Gaza Freedom March
My name is Roger Waters. I am an English musician living in the USA. I am writing to express my great admiration for and solidarity with the 1360 men and women from 42 different countries around the World who are gathering in Egypt, preparing for The Gaza Freedom March. We all watched, aghast, the vicious [...]
Utopia as Alibi: Said, Barenboim and the Divan Orchestra
By Raymond Deane* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz As a classical musician involved in pro-Palestinian activism, I frequently encounter the assumption that I am an unconditional admirer of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (WEDO). My reservations on this score tend to produce shocked disapproval: How could I not enthuse about such an idealistic project, particularly since [...]
Adri Nieuwhof – Boycott of Ahava Dead Sea products makes an impact
By Adri Nieuwhof* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz The international campaign to boycott Ahava beauty products has recently won the support of a Dutch parliamentarian and an Israeli peace group. During the past few months, activists in Canada, the UK, Ireland, Israel, the United States and the Netherlands have campaigned against the sale of Ahava [...]
Haitham Sabbah – Jordanian, Egyptian and Lebanese Child Labor and Zionist Businessmen
By Haitham Sabbah This might sound off-topic, but it is not and you will know why by reading until the end. Yet, it is so salient to every single one of us who are members of a global society. As mentioned here, the US Department of Labor released their long-awaited report (PDF) on goods produced [...]
An open letter to the Toronto International Film Festival
As members of the Canadian and international film, culture and media arts communities, we are deeply disturbed by the Toronto International Film Festival’s decision to host a celebratory spotlight on Tel Aviv. We protest that TIFF, whether intentionally or not, has become complicit in the Israeli propaganda machine. In 2008, the Israeli government and Canadian [...]
Breakdancing lifts spirits in Gaza
Many in Gaza are still coming to terms with the 22-day war waged by Israel earlier this year. But one group is trying to lift the blues – by setting up a breakdancing club. The style originates from New York in the 1970s – and now it’s being exported all over Gaza. Al Jazeera’s Ayman [...]
Ensemble Ambitions in a World Divided
By DANIEL J. WAKIN WISPS of mournful tunes from a cane flute mingled with the plucking, jangling arabesques of the zitherlike qanun, the oud and gentle drums. The sounds arose from a quartet of Arab musicians who call themselves the Oriental Music Ensemble as they shared a precious moment of togetherness in the Miller Theater [...]
Reflect and resist
From theatre in a Bethlehem refugee camp to the Venice biennale, Palestinians are making art out of adversity – and doing it with grace, finds Ahdaf Soueif, organiser of the Palestine festival of literature Leaning against padded walls in a darkened room we eavesdrop on an argument: “the elite think they can get independence without [...]
Gaza Over & Over..
Hover your mouse over the presentation and view in FULLSCREEN! This 70 pages document try to summarize Israel military aggression into Gaza Strip (December 2008 – February 2009). It contains photos, data, report and artworks related to the war. More then 30 artist involved and more then 40 artworks featured. This is the third project [...]
HATTLER – Assalamu Alaikum
“Assalamu Alaikum”; a nice song from a live performance by Hellmut Hattler that goes around Israel / Palestine conflict and presents “The Wall” as a sample of this conflict. Peace! http://bit.ly/17daok Lyrics:
Video: Anthem for Gaza
Michael Heart: We Will Not Go Down (Song for Gaza) Also available at: BlipTV: http://blip.tv/file/1652357 DailyMotion: http://tinyurl.com/8rr8jn
Arab Conscience!
هل بقي ÙÙŠ الضمير العربي نخوة؟ أم السؤال يجب أن يكون: هل بقي عند العرب ضمائر؟ لا والله، لا Øياة ÙÙŠ من تنادي! مات الضمير العربي Ùيما تتصاعد Ø§Ù„Ø£Ø±ÙˆØ§Ø Ø§Ù„Ø²ÙƒÙŠØ© الطاهرة من أجساد الشهداء ÙÙŠ غزة هاشم لتØيا إلي الأبد. مع كل الإØترام للشعوب العربية الثائرة ÙÙŠ وجه القيادة العربية الخائرة. أوبريت الضمير العربي – [...]
Music: Chinese Democracy
Guns n’ Roses Album: Chinese Democracy Song: Chinese Democracy (What is Chinese Democracy?) Lyrics can be found here. Dedicated to those fighting oppression (in collaboration with mondediplo.com, btselem.org and un.org/unrwa). [Hat tip: Robin]
Palestinians Make Football History
At last, Palestinians now have a new way to express their national pride – through soccer. The Palestinian team has existed for a decade, but until today the Palestinian squad played its “home games” in Arab countries, including Jordan and Qatar, although Palestine has been a FIFA member since 1998. The reason is simple: for [...]
Denmark: Miss Hijab 2008 Wins iPod
Here is a time-waster news of the day: This undated photo made available by Danish public broadcaster DR1 shows 18-year-old Iraqi-born, Huda Falah who DR1 says it has chosen as the winner. Iraqi-born Huda Falah was on Tuesday named Miss Headscarf 2008, beating 46 contesters in the competition organized by Danish public broadcaster DR. Huda, [...]
Portrait by Ben Heine
My dearest friend, Ben Heine drawn this portrait. I can’t thank him enough for all what he is doing as a pro-Palestine activist. His cartoons and artwork always added to the context of my posts. Ben is a Belgian political cartoonist, caricaturist and painter born in June 12, 1983, in Abidjan, Ivory coast. He studied [...]
Israel’s great “humanitarian gesture”
Allowing two Gazans to train for Olympics in Jericho “In a rare move defined by Israeli authorities as a ‘humanitarian gesture’, officials decided to permit two members of the Palestinian Olympic team to cross the borders from Gaza and the West Bank in order to train in Jericho and Jerusalem, so that they can prepare [...]
ISLAMOFASHION!
Exposing the Islamo-Fascist… Fashion Industry/Celebrity… Axis of Evil… Keffiyeh infiltrates our nation’s youth [Via: KABOBfest] [Hat tip: Buydatti]
Beatles, don’t let it be! Palestinian Dispossession and Israeli Apartheid are no Cause for Celebration
Open Letter to the Beatles Forty-three years ago, the government of Israel banned your performance in the country for fear you would corrupt the minds of Israeli youth. Now, Israel is extending an apology and an invitation to you, hoping you will forget the past and agree to help celebrate its 60th “birthday.” The Palestinian [...]
The first Saudi female soccer team, Congratulation!
On behalf of the Palestinian soccer fans and the Palestinian National Women Football team, I would like to congratulate the first Saudi female soccer team. The first soccer match between female teams has taken place in Alkhobbar (Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province). The match was held between two teams of university students. The Prince Mohammad bin [...]
‘Art Attack’: meet the new creative dissenters for Palestine
Artist Peter Kennard meets members of a new generation of artistic dissenters in a movement spearheaded by artist Banksy, whose art has featured in Occupied Palestine as well as his native UK. Art attack by Peter Kennard | New Statesman | 17 January 2008 (cross-posted at peoplesgeography.com) Banksy attracts the press attention, but around him [...]
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