The Protest Song the IDF Tried to Silence
More than 50 years after the master copy was seized by Israeli forces, Zeinab Shaath's “The Urgent Call of Palestine” will be reissued on March 26.
Source: inthesetimes.com
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Happy endings: how a treasure trove of lost Palestinian music opened up a new thread of musical history
Mo’min Swaitat’s lockdown trawl of old cassettes led to some amazing discoveries – and our 2022 story on it helped open the music up to the entire diaspora and beyond
Source: theguardian.com
The Palestinian artist reviving the forgotten sounds of the intifada
After discovering a treasure trove of Bedouin music in a shuttered Jenin cassette store, Mo’min Swaitat is re-releasing the lost songs of his youth.
Source: 972mag.com
A love letter to Palestine: The story of a rare album 'Intifada 1987'
A rare album featuring Palestinian artist Riad Awwad has resurfaced, found amid a collection of 12 000 old cassette tapes in the West Bank.
Source: thesouthafrican.com
10 new political albums to kick off 2022 in style
Mat Ward looks back at January's political news and the best new music that related to it.
Source: greenleft.org.au
Riad Awwad / Hanan Awwad / Mahmoud Darwish: The Intifada 1987
Recorded in Jerusalem in 1987, Riad Awwad’s protest album is part ode to the beauty of homeland, part historical document of Palestinian struggle, and part instruction manual for revolution.
Source: pitchfork.com