By Romana Rubeo Drawing from Palestinian oral tradition, Lullaby offers solidarity without spectacle, centering Palestinian voices rather than Western moral performance. This December, a powerful new single titled Lullaby emerged not simply as a […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff In the first installment of the Culture and Politics Show, Palestine Chronicle editor Louis Brehony delves into the work of Egyptian resistance singer Sheikh Imam. Introducing the new series, Palestine […]
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 Reem Anbar Throughout this genocide, I have yearned to be alongside my people as a musician and music therapist. If I could have been in Gaza, I would have run, oud in hand, across […]
By Karan Singh Karan Singh’s comprehensive list for the Palestine Chronicle highlights numerous artists who publicly back the Palestinian struggle for justice. Readers can help expand the list by adding names in the comments. The […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Green Day used their Coachella set to spotlight the suffering of Palestinian children, altering a key lyric in their 2004 hit to signal solidarity with Gaza. American rock band Green […]
By Louis Brehony “I believe that the beginning of the real work of liberating Palestine is the appearance of the Palestinian fida’i who carries the rifle, gun and grenade, who crosses the wires and existing […]
By Roger Waters Truth and Love or Lies and Hate? Every morning, noon, and night, I have to delete a few notifications of new subscribers to my short Substack stack. My new subscribers liked the […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Formed in 1984 by Ayub Mayet and Jeremy Karodia, The Mavrix began composing music of resistance against apartheid in South Africa. The South African band, The Mavrix, recently announced on […]
By Karan Singh During a time when her influence has a broader reach than ever before, the British singer has chosen to look the other way as templates of her creativity helped absolve the Democratic […]
By Louis Brehony Seven months into the genocide on Gaza, vocalist Rola Milad Azar has recorded and released a stirring new anthem of solidarity. With poetry and music by Lebanese songwriter and leftist Fadi Zaraket, […]
By Benay Blend Palestine has long been home to resistance music, too. In Palestinian Music in Exile: Voices of Resistance (2023), Louis Brehony chronicles the history of Palestinian music in refugee camps close to Palestine, […]
By Romana Rubeo ‘Silence is deafening right now’, Sage Francis told us. But Sage Francis is not just a brilliant singer, performer, and musician. He is a tour de force, a truly unique artistic […]
By Louis Brehony Fighting the ban, Leve Palestina is simultaneously a rebellion against proscriptions, right-wing media campaigns, and the constant attack on our right to solidarity with resistance. Cultural effects of the Zionist genocide and […]
By Sammy Baroud American rapper and artist, Macklemore, communicated a long, heartfelt message about Gaza to a sold-out Climate Pledge Arena in his hometown of Seattle, Washington. The packed concert on December 21 commemorated a […]
By Sammy Baroud These are five songs, in Arabic, English and Swedish, which we hope you will enjoy. The Israel genocidal war on Gaza has inspired thousands of artists and creative continent creators around the […]
By The Mavrix South African music band, The Mavrix, in partnership with African Artists Against Apartheid, has recently released a song and video called ‘The Ghost who Weeps’ in solidarity with Occupied Palestine and the […]
By Haidar Eid This song was recorded 10 days before the eruption of the ongoing genocide of Gaza, to be released on the second anniversary of the death of Samah Idris whose death has […]
By Fares Anbar I promise you that, if I am not martyred, my bandmates and I will continue to dedicate my music to every citizen of Gaza for the rest of my life. I […]
By Louis Brehony Palestinians in Gaza continue to show the world that they will stand firm in the face of Zionism’s bloody dehumanization. The infamous Lord Balfour once wrote that all of the great Egyptian […]
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 […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Adorned by their black and white scarves, Keffiyeh, and traditional Palestinian clothes, scores of young Palestinian talents took part in the ‘Save the Future’ concert in Gaza City. The event […]
(Palestinian Music in Exile: Voices of Resistance, by Louis Brehony. The American University of Cairo Press, 2023) ‘Palestinian Music in Exile’ is a historical and contemporary study of Palestinian musicianship in exile in the Middle […]
By David Miller & Paul Salvatori Several lobby groups in the UK with strong links to the British government first pressured music giant Spotify and then imposed key changes on the company’s organizational structure. Music […]
By David Harrop On my first night in Palestine in Nablus in 2011, I sat transfixed as I watched a Dabke troupe of Palestinian youth leap and dance with pride in their culture and defiance […]
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 A few weeks after the Israeli war in Gaza subsided, taking the impoverished Strip back to a status quo of a hermetic siege and economic blockade, artists from across the […]
By Yves Engler Attacks against Roger Waters are shameful. If more rock stars and celebrities were engaged like him, the world would be a fairer place. The Toronto Star’s recent attacks against Roger Waters are […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff In a statement sent to the Palestine Chronicle, a PR agency representing Spotify MENA, claimed that the reason behind the removal of a popular song by famous Palestinian artist, Mohammed […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff British popstar Sam Smith decided to cancel the planned concert in Tel Aviv next month, organizers announced on Friday. “Due to unforeseen technical and logistical problems, there will be no […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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