Reem Kelani is a Diaspora Palestinian singer, musician and broadcaster. She was born in Manchester, raised in Kuwait and is now based in London. Her father comes from Ya’bad near Jenin in the West Bank and her mother from Nazareth in Galilee.

Listen to Reem Kelani performing with Jazz musician Guy Barker before a live audience at London’s Pizza Express Jazz Club. She sings in Arabic and English, combining influences from both Palestinian music and Jazz.

This program was produced by the BBC’s World Cafe program in May, 2003.

For more information, visit:
http://reemkelani.com

CKUT radio interviewed members of the Sabreen Association for Artistic Development in Palestine. Sabreen toured four Canadian cities (Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and London) in 2006.

This program was produced by Community News Net for CKUT radio on November 18, 2006. It is presented in three parts.

For more information, visit:
http://ckut.ca
http://sabreen.org

Stephanie Lee is a singer/songwriter from New Mexico. This song is from her last CD, One Little Seed, released in 2005. She was awarded the New Mexico Music Industry Award for Best Vocal Performance for this song about Rachel Corrie.

For more information, visit:
http://vigilantemusesociety.com
http://rachelswords.org
http://rachelcorriefoundation.org

Here is an unprecedented opportunity to hear this quartet of faculty members from the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music in Jerusalem on their debut American tour. The ensemble performs classical and contemporary Arab music for ‘ud, nay, clarinet, qanun, and percussion. The conservatory, with campuses in Bethlehem and Ramallah, was famously endorsed by both Edward Said and conductor Daniel Barenboim for its teaching of Western and Arab music to Palestinian youth. Presented in cooperation with American Near East Refugee Aid.

This program was produced by the Freer Gallery of Art on February 16, 2006.

For more information, visit:
http://www.asia.si.edu
http://ncm.birzeit.edu