The Musical Intifadah is an online music project, featuring the music of Doc Jazz and other musicians who concern themselves with the struggle of the Palestinian people, and offers you songs in various languages about the subject. The site can be found on www.docjazz.com , and features many free mp3's,video’s, articles and other information. This newsletter is sent to subscribers approximately once every one or two months.

January 28, 2005

In this issue:
– New songs: “Positive Effect” and “Why the Innocent”
– Article about the Palestinian elections: Democracy Under Fire
– “Creative Resistance” now for sale at the Palestine Online Store
– New CD in preparation
– Zaid Tayem, Palestinian musician

New songs: “
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Positive Effect” and “
Why the Innocent” (click to hear the songs immediately)

The latest political song release by Doc Jazz, “
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Positive Effect”, features a slightly different sound and style than usual. This time, a more modern “dance” beat was used, resulting in a funky track that fits in more with the mainstream sound of these days. As usual, the words of the song relate to the current situation, and encourage the people of the world to take a united stand against injustice. “
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Why the Innocent” is a piano ballad, and was written and recorded shortly after the Amman bombings. It calls upon armed forces in general to refrain from targeting the innocent, such as women and children.
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To check out all the music of Doc Jazz, click here.

Note: two non-political Doc Jazz songs were also recently published, namely “
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Bat7ada el Qamar” (Arabic) and “
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Come Closer” (soul).

Article: Democracy Under Fire

“Democracy Under Fire” is Tariq Shadid’s latest article,
www.palestinechronicle.com/story.php?sid=01280605035
published at the Palestine Chronicle in a slightly abbreviated version on January 28. For the
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complete version of the article, visit the Musical Intifadah. Topic of this article is the recent “surprise” outcome of the Palestinian elections, and it deals with the lack of evenhandedness displayed by today’s superpowers in dealing with the concept of democracy.

“If Israel and the US truly value democracy, should they not display their reverence to it, and congratulate the new Palestinian parliament?”

For further reading on the current situation in Occupied Palestine, also check out
www.palestinechronicle.com/story.php?sid=12040540353
“Palestine’s State of Affairs: a Grim Perspective”, which was published on November 27th, and helps to provide a better insight into the conditions Palestinians are facing under Israeli occupation.

“Creative Resistance” now for sale at the Palestine Online Store

Doc Jazz’s 2004 release, “Creative Resistance”, which was previously for sale through Ampcast,
www.palestineonlinestore.com/music/docjazz.htm
is now available at the Palestine Online Store. The
www.palestineonlinestore.com/
Palestine Online Store is the largest internet shop for Palestinian-related products, ranging from music, flags, stickers, artwork, traditional clothing and books to Palestinian olive oil, posters, films and embroidery. In short, just about anything typically Palestinian, or related to the Palestinian struggle for freedom can be found there.

New CD in preparation

Currently, work is in progress on the new Doc Jazz CD, which will include many of the songs released in 2005 and 2006. On the new CD, more attention will be payed to sound quality and mastering, in order to increase the quality of your listening experience, so keep checking the website for updates on the new CD!

Zaid Tayem, Palestinian musician

As announced in the previous newsletter, the
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music of Zaid Tayem is now available through his own webpage. Soon, more songs will be added, so check the page regularly!

Monthly statistics for December 2005, Doc Jazz songs:

Streams Downloads
3,366 1,143

Music tips- clicking on the links will take you to a song page where you will need to click on a link to hear or download the song.

Iron Sheik, the Palestinian-American rapper, has released a hot internet exclusive release:

IMPEACH BUSH!

[Internet exclusive release] The Sheik just wrote and recorded a new anthem:
www.ironsheik.biz/impeachbush.html
IMPEACH BUSH. You can read the lyrics while listening to the newest jam. This song will only be released through this website and not appear on the Sheik’s next album. Enjoy…

Also, the Sheik recently posted a song from his last album, Yet We Remain:

www.ironsheik.biz/Music/NOJUSTICENOPEACE2.mp3
“No Justice No Peace” (mp3) is dedicated to Palestinian political prisoners.

Kudos for the Sheik !

Website tips (add these to your favorites folder!)

www.stopthewall.org
Stop the Wall – a must-visit for everyone who needs information about the Israeli Apartheid Wall. Includes maps, pictures, articles and lots of information.

www.palestinechronicle.com
The Palestine Chronicle – weekly magazine with excellent background analysis by renowned authors on Middle East subjects.

www.concert4palestine.org
Concert4palestine.org – have you already voted for the petition to Bono, asking him to organize a major musical event for Palestine? Cast your vote at the website!

www.palestineonlinestore.com
Palestine Online Store - this is your online place to buy books, CD’s, garments, flags and many other things related to Palestine.

Also visit these music websites:

www.savagerose.com
The Savage Rose –
www.jimpage.net
Jim Page   -
www.davidrovics.com
David Rovics –
www.ironsheik.biz
Iron Sheik -  
www.thephilistines.com/
The Philistines

How to participate

Songwriters/musicians: Do you have songs concerning the occupation of Palestine, or related subjects? It would be great if you could add some of your music (or parts of it) to the website! Do you live in the Netherlands, and do you think you could collaborate on a musical project? Just send a mail to
mailto:docjazz@docjazz.com
docjazz@docjazz.com for further information.

Webmasters: If you have a website, a link to the Musical Intifadah is highly appreciated. For banners, please contact
mailto:docjazz@docjazz.com

Others: Your regular visits are the best motivation to keep the project running! Perhaps an even better way to help is by forwarding this mail to your friends and acquaintances, thereby helping the Musical Intifadah to gain even more regular visitors. Always feel free to send mail with questions or suggestions, it is highly appreciated.

! TIP ! : Do you realize, that every song you stream from the website, raises the position of the song in the Soundclick Charts? Soundclick attracts literally hundreds of thousands of visitors daily … this means that a high position for a Doc Jazz song in the charts means a strong representation for the Palestinian voice! Voting ‘hot’ for a song also helps improve this dramatically, so please consider doing this. especially since ’haters’ regularly vote ‘flop’ in order to push the songs downward in the charts! So … if you would like to support the Palestinian cause in an alternative way, simply streaming a Doc Jazz song, or voting it ‘hot’, is definitely not a wasted effort!

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