Official Release: “The New Black” by The Mavrix

13 March 2012 | Palestine Solidarity Alliance and PACBI

In a first ever musical collaboration between South Africa and Palestine, South African band, The Mavrix, and Palestinian Oud player, Mohammed Omar, have released a music video called “The New Black”. The song is taken from The Mavrix’ upcoming album,”Pura Vida”, due for release in June 2012.

Written and composed by Jeremy Karodia and Ayub Mayet, the song was a musical reaction to the horror of the Gaza Massacre of 2008/2009 and then subsequently inspired by the book “Mornings in Jenin”, authored by Susan Abulhawa. Mayet had penned the first lyrics in … Continue reading

Gazan rap group pay tribute to Vittorio Arrigoni

14 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement

The Gazan rap group DARG Team have recorded a song in memory of the International Solidarity Movement activist Vittorio Arrigoni who was kidnapped and murdered in Gaza last month. The song entitled ‘Onadekom (Calling You)’, samples a popular resistance song, taken from a revolutionary poem written by the Palestinian Tawfiq Zayyad in 1966. The DARG Team, from Gaza City is comprised of four artists who rap about social and political issues effecting the citizens of Gaza. DARG’s remake of the song pays tribute to Vittorio and the work he was doing in … Continue reading