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Protesting against techno: How a concert revealed the state of Palestinian society
January 14, 2021 Share
Until December 26, 2020, techno music was not a common topic of conversation in Palestine. That changed when Sama Abdulhadi, a famous techno DJ, gave a concert at Maqam Nabi Musa that provoked a backlash from religious conservatives.
Abdulhadi, who is a Palestinian living abroad, decided to return to her homeland to perform three concerts that would be streamed on Beatport, a website specializing in techno music. She reached an agreement with the Ministry of Tourism to perform at Maqam Nabi Musa for a crowd of about 30.
Halfway through the event, a large group of Palestinian men from Jerusalem interrupted the concert. Social media was quickly abuzz with a short video clip showing Abdulhadi mobbed by a crowd claiming that Christians were defiling a Muslim site with alcohol, drugs, and immorality. A Muslim sheikh added fuel to the fire with the outlandish claim that t