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MARCEL KHALIFE CD: Listen to the banned Compiled by the artist Deeyah and Freemuse, this CD compilation album is published on 3 March 2010 by Norway's most successful music label, Grappa Records 15 March 2010 Facts about the CD: 'Listen to the banned' Compiled by the artist Deeyah and Freemuse, this CD compilation album is published on 3 March 2010 by Norway's most successful music label, Grappa Records 03 March 2010 Press release: New Freemuse CD: Listen to the banned The new Freemuse CD 'Listen to the banned' is a unique collection of 14 contemporary songs by artists who have been censored 24 February 2010 Human Rights for Musicians – Impressions & Descriptions: Marcel Khalife Testimonial by Marcel Khalife in the anniversary publication 'Human Rights for Musicians - Ten Years With Freemuse' 30 January 2009 Jonas Otterbeck: Islamic reactions to the music of today A working paper, 22 pages in PDF-format, to be published as a chapter in the book 'Religion, Media, and Modern Thought in the Arab World', Cambridge Scholars Press Ltd. 13 November 2007 USA: Lebanese musician denied use of theatre Marcel Khalife often speaks for reconciliation, resulting in bans in the Middle East. Ironically one of his concerts was rejected in the US, accused of being "unbalanced". 14 October 2007 Bahrain: Freemuse declaration read aloud A request to Bahranian politicians in response to fundamentalist attacks on culture festival 18 April 2007 Marcel Khalife Video interview with Marcel Khalife. 11 April 2007 Marcel Khalife's video statement - مارسـيل خليفة يَتحدَّث Video statement from Lebanese singer Marcel Khalife on the 'Spring of Culture' affair in Bahrain 11 April 2007 Bahrain: Responses to attack on Khalife and Haddad Statements from Marcel Khalife & Qassim Haddad, Freemuse, and intellectuals from the Arab world regarding the attack on "Spring of Culture" performance in Bahrain 30 March 2007 Bahrain: Marcel Khalife causes fury among Islamists Members of parliament in Bahrain attacked performance by Lebanese composer Marcel Khalife as being a violation of Islamic morals and sharia laws 27 March 2007 Freedom of musical expression in the Middle East - report “All that is Banned is Desired” summarizes the sessions and discussions held at the Conference on Freedom of Expression in Music, Beirut October 2005. 06 June 2006 Lebanese singer Marcel Khalife banned in Tunisia The Lebanese singer is "no longer welcome" in Tunisia and his songs are banned from state controlled medias 02 January 2006 Shoot the Singer! Book "Shoot the Singer! Music Censorship Today". The first worldwide presentation of contemporary cases of music censorship, with cases from i.a. Burma, Mexico, Middle East, France, Algeria, Zimbabwe, USA, South Africa, Turkey. Edited by Freemuse director Marie Korpe, published by Zed Books, May 2004. 25 May 2004 Marcel Khalife - the blasphemy trials The story of Marcel Khalife - accused of blasphemy in 1999 for ‘insulting religious values by using a verse from the chapter of the Holy Qur’an in a song’ 01 January 2001