Video: "There should be music in all our lives"
2 September 2021
Students jam together at the Edward Said music institute in Gaza. Read more about Video: "There should be music in all our lives"
2 September 2021
Students jam together at the Edward Said music institute in Gaza. Read more about Video: "There should be music in all our lives"
7 August 2020
Israel extends detention of Palestinian child with COVID-19 in its prisons. Read more about Palestinian child jailed by Israel has coronavirus
12 June 2018
Israel using song contest to whitewash its crimes in Gaza. Read more about Palestinian artists call for Eurovision 2019 boycott
29 July 2016
A diverse program pleases solidarity audience and classical music fans alike. Read more about Palestine Youth Orchestra's triumphant UK debut
Gaza Strip 26 October 2015
There are few opportunities for performing artists in Gaza. Read more about Making music under siege
Gaza City 24 February 2015
Firas al-Shirafi was admitted to the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music when he was five. Read more about Listen: Eleven-year-old Gaza musician plays qanun
Gaza City 12 March 2014
The Watar Band was formed following Operation Cast Lead, Israel’s murderous assault in late 2008 and early 2009. Read more about Gaza youth defied “smell of death” to form popular band
21 August 2013
Index on Censorship and English PEN have spoken out against the BBC’s removal of Nigel Kennedy’s references to Israeli apartheid from television broadcasts. Read more about Speech groups slam BBC over Nigel Kennedy "censorship"
19 August 2013
Filmmaker Ken Loach and rapper Mic Righteous have also had comments supporting Palestinians removed by the broadcaster. Read more about Why won't BBC let Nigel Kennedy denounce Israeli apartheid?
12 August 2013
The innovative performance of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons by Kennedy and Palestine Strings included both classical and Arabic-inspired improvisations. Read more about Video: Nigel Kennedy and Palestine Strings play Vivaldi at 2013 BBC Proms