By Palestine Chronicle Staff A growing number of Portuguese artists have withdrawn from a Lisbon festival headlined by Jerry Seinfeld amid opposition to his outspoken support for Israel. Key Developments Several Portuguese performers have […]
By Louis Brehony “If the system isn’t working .. Change the system.” – Ziad al-Rahbani, “al-Nizam” (The System) It is with shock at the earliness of his departure that Lebanon bids farewell to Ziad al-Rahbani, […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, Hamdan Ballal, was brutally attacked by Israeli settlers and detained by Israeli forces in the West Bank. Hamdan Ballal, the Palestinian […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “Jhumpa Lahiri has chosen to withdraw her acceptance of the 2024 Isamu Noguchi Award in response to our updated dress code policy.” The Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri has declined […]
By Sammy Baroud “In our lifetime we will be free, and they can bury us, but they will find out we are seeds.” American singer and songwriter, Macklemore, dropped his highly anticipated song Hind’s Hall […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Celebrities at the 2024 Oscars ceremony on Sunday donned the Artists4Ceasefire accessory, supporting the call for an immediate ceasefire in the besieged Gaza Strip. Several actors and celebrities added an […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff American singer Melanie Martinez has said that she ‘fully supports Palestine’ in a comment she made on her social media platform. This came when a user asked the 28-year-old singer […]
By Ramzy Baroud Whenever Israeli soldiers stormed our neighborhood in a Gaza refugee camp, we would rush to hide a few VHS tapes of Al-Asheqeen band. Possessing such revolutionary contraband would be enough to […]
Pro-Palestine activists as well as Palestinian civil society groups have urged American singer Christina Aguilera to cancel a show scheduled in Israel on August 10th. The 42-year-old singer and songwriter, who’s also an advocate for […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff O’Connor, who was best known for her single Nothing Compares 2 U, released in 1990, was also known for her outspoken political activism. Irish icon Sinéad O’Connor died on Wednesday, […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The city of Frankfurt announced on Friday that it was canceling the forthcoming concert of Pink Floyd rock legend Roger Waters, accusing him of being “one of the world’s best-known […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Pink Floyd rock legend Roger Waters has reaffirmed his commitment to perform in Germany next year as part of his This Is Not a Drill world tour in spite of […]
Israeli media attacked French author Annie Ernaux, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, for showing solidarity with the Palestinian cause. Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post said that she called “to boycott Israeli cultural […]
The board for one of Australia’s biggest cultural festivals announced on Tuesday the immediate suspension of investments from foreign governments, a year after the event was rocked by controversy over funding from the Israeli embassy. […]
By Louis Brehony She whispers above the roars of the guns Beckoning to all her daughters and sons – “The Urgent Call of Palestine,” Lalita Panjabi Though she was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, […]
Dozens of musicians and celebrities have come out in support of the rapper and Palestine solidarity campaigner, Kareem Dennis, better known by his stage name, Lowkey. The British-Iraqi artist has been the subject of a […]
Popular Palestinian singer Mohammed Assaf has named his newborn son Rayan, in the memory of the Moroccan boy, Rayan, who fell in a 32-meter well in Morocco’s northern Chefchaouen province, CNN Arabic and other media […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A number of Hollywood stars have issued a statement in support of British actress Emma Watson, after she posted an Instagram post showing solidarity with the Palestinian people, the UK-based […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Nelson Mandela’s Poet Laureate Zolani Mkiva released a tribute song to Palestinian icon and leader Yasser Arafat on November 29, marking United Nations Day for Palestine. The International Day of […]
By Samah Sabawi A new young Palestinian generation scattered across the world, divided by language and time barriers, have come together to produce this lyrical, musical and visual feat. Sung by Rahaf Shamaly in Gaza, […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Gaza Artist Osama Abu Hamra has many talents. But he is popular among the Gaza kids for face painting. The Palestine Chronicle caught up with Abu Hamra while sitting in […]
More than 600 international musicians have signed an appeal calling upon their peers to boycott performances in Israel in solidarity with Palestine, Consequence Sound has reported. The signatories include Roger Waters of Pink Floyd, Serj […]
By Romana Rubeo & Ramzy Baroud On April 1, a mural appeared in the Southern Italian city of Naples, depicting Palestinian workers lining at an Israeli military checkpoint near the occupied city of Bethlehem, in […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Ismail Matar is known in southern Gaza as the ‘Painter of the Refugee Camp’. And there is a good reason for that. A refugee himself, Matar, 22, paints mostly on […]
By Ramzy Baroud Why does Israel hate Palestinian singer, Mohammed Assaf? On October 16, Avi Dichter, Israeli Member of Parliament from the right-wing Likud Party, announced that Assaf’s special permit to enter the occupied […]
By Fawzi Mahmoud Palestinian artists Wisam Abu al-Amrin and Rifqah Hijazi paint large murals on Gaza city walls to raise awareness of the importance of wearing the mask as a prevention tool against the COVID-19. […]
The Palestinian Ministry of Culture has mourned Palestinian artist Mohammad Joulani who died on Friday at the age of 37, saying “his passing constitutes a loss for the Palestinian artistic and cultural scene.” Born in […]
By Haidar Eid As Israel continues its bombing of Gaza for the 15th night in a row, while its sole power plant is forced to shut due to Israel’s decision to ban fuel from […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff ‘MCA Abdul’ is a young rapper from Gaza. His real name is Abdul Rahman. The 11-year-old boy is acquiring much-deserved attention for his powerful songs and delivery style, made more […]
British street artist Banksy will donate the proceeds from the auction of one of his works, valued at over $1 million, to a Palestinian hospital, one of his collaborators told AFP on Monday. Titled “Mediterranean […]
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