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Tamer Nafar (courtesy of the author)

What can Palestinian artists do in the face of our slaughter?

I used to believe art could change the world. Now it feels like an airplane black box: it won’t navigate the landing, it can only document the crash.

By Tamer Nafar July 11, 2024

Yusor Hamed. (Bushra Barghouti)

Yusor Hamed is redrawing the boundaries of Palestinian sound

The musician's unashamedly individual style has brought some of Palestine's most renowned artists knocking. Now, she's taking her sound global.

By Alice Austin April 13, 2023

Maysa Daw in concert. (Tarek Zenati)

PODCAST: The Palestinian musician shattering taboos

Maysa Daw talks about straddling the personal and the political as a Palestinian musician living in Israel.

By Henriette Chacar December 30, 2019

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Filmmaker Sami Alalul (right) on set with Maysa Daw for his film From Beneath the Earth, which debuted at the DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival on Sunday. (Photo courtesy of Sami Alalul)

In new film, underground Palestinian musicians compose their own identity

He was denied entry to the U.S. for the premiere of his debut film, a short documentary about Palestine’s underground music scene. But director Sami Alalul seems unfazed. Sami Alalul sounds out every syllable of his Queen’s English, ending most sentences with an almost timid lilt. It’s a manner of speaking that can seem deferential,…

By Samer Badawi October 10, 2017

Relatives of Palestinian baby Ali Saad Dawabsha grieve after he was murdered in an arson attack on a Palestinian house, Duma, West Bank, July 31. 2015. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

+972 Magazine’s 25 most-read posts of 2015

You, our readers, voted with your clicks. The following is a list of the most popular articles we published this past year. By +972 Magazine Staff 25. Photo exhibit challenges Zionism’s most popular myth Using haunting aerial photographs of the Negev Desert, American artist Fazal Sheikh challenges the notion that the desert was an unpopulated,…

By +972 Magazine December 16, 2015

A screenshot from the video for ‘Awal Bawal.'

Music video lambasts recruitment of Palestinians to Israel’s army

Prominent Palestinian musicians say recruiting minority ethnic and religious Arab groups into the army is part of Israel’s divide-and-conquer tactics, pushing young Palestinians to ‘side with the occupation’ and shrug off their national and historical identity. Two prominent Palestinian musicians released a hip-hop music video this week lambasting efforts to recruit young Palestinian citizens of…

By Rami Younis November 7, 2015

Lauryn Hill featured in the 'Black-Palestinian Solidarity' video. (YouTube screenshot)

WATCH: Lauryn Hill, Angela Davis call for black-Palestinian solidarity

A new video featuring prominent African-Americans and Palestinians calls for solidarity in the face of state violence and supremacy. On the heels of attacks by both the Israeli army and settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank over the past year, a coalition of African-American organizations have come together to produce a new video promoting…

By Rami Younis October 15, 2015

Screenshot from DAM's new video, 'Who Are You?'

WATCH: Palestinian hip hop group tackles patriarchy in new video

Acclaimed Palestinian hip hop group DAM adds a female member, releases new video which looks at patriarchy and feminism in Arab society. Palestinian hip hop group DAM released a new video for their single “Who You Are?” Thursday in a joint project with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The song tackles women’s rights and…

By Rami Younis March 26, 2015

Rapper Tamer Nafar performs during a cultural event in the unrecognized village of Dahmash on March 14, 2015. (photo: Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Solidarity festival for unrecognized village in central Israel

Hundreds of people from across the country, including artists and politicians, converge in Dahmash for a show of solidarity with the unrecognized village whose fate will likely be determined by the High Court. It took us over an hour to find the cultural event in the unrecognized village Dahmash on Saturday. Aside from a dirt…

By Orly Noy March 16, 2015

The Juice Media: Rap News (Screenshot)

WATCH: ‘Rap News’ takes on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Decades of failed peace talks have led nowhere. But do not lose hope just yet: join Robert Foster as he attempts to host the first ever Middle East Peace Raps, using rhyme and reason to bring together Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, and a representative of Hamas. We investigate the key arguments, counter-arguments, ad-hominems…

By +972 Magazine April 25, 2014

Carrying giant puppets, residents of Al-Walaja, together with Palestinian, international, and Israeli supporters, march through the West Bank village of Al-Walaja to protest the Israeli separation wall, September 28, 2012. If completed as planned, the wall will surround Al-Walaja and cut off its access to surrounding Palestinian communities. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

A week in photos: September 27-October 3

Protest theater, media strikes, Palestinian demonstrations, and more: Activestills images tell the stories of the week.

By Activestills October 4, 2012