by Umar Ameen | May 11, 2023 | #InspiringPeople, Interview, The Foundation
We are excited to highlight another recent Delia Sessions artist – Henna Haj Hasan, a talented singer from Palestine. According to Henna, there is a growing demand for female performers in female-only spaces, which led her to folklore explorations and to create...
by Umar Ameen | Apr 30, 2023 | #InspiringPeople, Interview, The Foundation
In the latest Delia Sessions, Jeries Babish, the lead singer of the rock band Mafar, shared his journey as a musician, composer, arranger, and songwriter. Born and raised in Palestine, he was introduced to the world of music by his father, who took him to the music...
by Justin Nurse | Mar 17, 2022 | #InspiringPeople, Interview, The Foundation
Delia Arts Foundation has a new Representative in Palestine that goes by the name of Majd Hajjaj. We caught up with her at her home in Ramallah to find out more about what is going on in Palestine and some of the work that she is doing for the Delia Arts Foundation....
by Justin Nurse | Dec 4, 2021 | #InspiringPeople, Artist Spotlight
Can Coldplay, the most successful band of the 21st century, play their greatest supporting act yet and simultaneously help bring peace to the Middle East? Music is the Weapon of the Future “Music is the weapon, music is the weapon of the future” chants a sampled Fela...
by Justin Nurse | Nov 11, 2021 | #InspiringPeople, Artist Spotlight
What defines a political statement? Is it an act of peace, such as ‘Tank Man’, the nickname for the unidentified Chinese man who stood resolutely in front of a row of tanks leaving Tiananmen Square in Beijing on the day after the Chinese government’s violent crackdown...
by Pedro Hidalgo Daim | Oct 14, 2021 | #InspiringPeople
When someone mentions Tom Morello, your mind immediately relates him to Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave, two bands that any even semi-fan of Rock music will know. Born in Harlem, New York, and raised in Illinois, Morello has routinely fused music and politics...
