Activists in Gaza rework a classic Palestinian resistance song from the first intifada to fit the BDS movement today.

The indie rock band Big Thief has canceled its Israel concerts after backlash from the BDS movement.

A new song celebrates the mood of collective Palestinian defiance in 2021, and pays tribute to all those who have fallen.

Despite unbearable conditions under Israeli siege, youth from the Gaza Strip won many of the categories in this year’s prestigious Palestine National Music Competition. In seeking to explain this Ayman El-Hallaq writes, “Music, as far as I think, to such a group of Gazan children is more than a collection of melodies to be played on musical instruments; it is a way of survival, it has a healing effect as a treatment that soothes the injuries of life in Gaza.”

Haidar Eid performs the Simsimiyya as part of a collection of resistance songs from around the Arab World.

Amid turmoil in Gaza from Israeli attacks and the spread of the coronavirus, Haider Eid shares a celebration of Palestinian life and resistance.

Haidar Eid introduces his new album Tyrants’ Fear of Songs — “I hope that these songs will document Palestinian desire to be free from the ravages of colonialism, occupation and apartheid.”