English Language Podcasts Created By Palestinian Refugee Kids From The West Bank Bethlehem
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 30th, 2010
Photo: Sami Awad (left) of the Holy Land Trust with Radio Lajee’s Mohammad Qassim
Sami Awad is the Executive Director of the organization, Holy Land Trust. Recently he addressed a group of Internationals participating in the Lajee Center’s International Summer Work Camp about the bleak reality of life for Palestinians since the Oslo Peace Accords and [...]
Posted in Art and Music, Society and Culture on Aug 21st, 2010
Recently we posted an interview with UK-based Palestinian hip-hop artist, Shadia Mansour.
What made the piece particularly interesting was its exploration of hip-hop from a Palestinian cultural perspective. There’s a really mixed reaction here to Western or American styles of music - if you missed it and you’d like to learn more, you can catch the [...]
Posted in Food & Cooking on Aug 10th, 2010
We think that Knafe is easily one of the most delicious desserts in all the world so we are very proud that it is also Palestinian. When we were in Nablus, the home of Knafe, we went to Al-Bashir sweet shop on El-Hessbe street to see how it was done. Enjoy the [...]
Posted in Palestinian prisoners, Personal Stories on Aug 7th, 2010
Sound recording: Layan Al Azza
In the last six months alone, 1,118 Palestinians have been arrested by Israeli soldiers. 90% of these individuals have been imprisoned.
It’s an extremely important issue that sadly affects everyone living in Palestine. If they haven’t spent time in jail themselves, their brother, sister, mother, father or cousin has. With that in [...]
Posted in Aida Refugee Camp, Everyday Life, Personal Stories on Jul 28th, 2010
In 1948 the year of the Nakba, Afif Gatasha was just six months old. In this recording, he shares the very personal and moving story of his life from then until now.
Sound recording: Layan Al Azza
Posted in Updates on Jul 28th, 2010
Photo caption: Italian volunteer Paolo spends time with some local kids from Aida Camp.
Every summer, the Lajee Center hosts an eclectic bunch of individuals from all over the world as part of the International Summer Work Camp.
Established in 2001, the camp provides attendees with a first-hand experience of life inside Occupied Palestine as well as [...]
Posted in Art and Music, Society and Culture on Jul 24th, 2010
Shadia Mansour is a Palestinian artist who is based in the UK. Her medium is Hip Hop and she believes that it is the next crucial phase in Palestinian resistance. Here in the West Bank we have a mixed reaction to this genre of music - many people feel that it doesn’t reflect our culture.
Radio [...]
Posted in Society and Culture on Jul 22nd, 2010
Recently, we received an email from a listener wanting to know what we do in Occupied Palestine in our ‘down time’.
Radio Lajee’s Shoroq Asad prepared this report about one particular event that is universally popular here.
When you take a listen, you’ll be able to tell immediately that Shoroq is one huge lover of verse - [...]
Posted in Updates on Jul 21st, 2010
Salam everybody! Hope things are good with you.
Here, although it’s summer time and extremely hot, things are a-buzzing.
Daz Chandler is back and another round of Radio Lajee media training workshops is currently underway with Radio Lajee’s Layan Al Azzeh, Shoroq Assad, Hiba Al Azraq and Mohammad Waleed at the helm.
We’ve spent many a day over [...]
Posted in Poetry on Jul 12th, 2010
