Loading ...Using Music To Express the Plight of the Palestinians
By: Ala Abed-Rabbo/Arab America Contributing Writer Music and musicians have played a considerable role in Palestinian nationalism. Songs explain the country’s dilemma or the occupation since the Nakba, or the “catastrophe.” Nakba is the Arabic word for the 1948 loss of Palestine and the formation of the state of Israel. Musical styles and their sociopolitical … Continued