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MARCEL KHALIFE Singer and musician (Lebanon / France)11 April 2007 Video statement: 'Majnoon Layla' In this statement Marcel Khalife speaks (in Arabic language) about why artists must engage in the defence of creativity.  See the video. 09 October 2002 Interview: 'The quest for freedom' Video interview and music performance by Marcel Khalife recorded at the Freemuse at the 2nd Freemuse World Conference on Music and Censorship, which was held in Copenhagen on 28 September 2002.      Marcel Khalife.      Photo by Pia Laulund   See the video Marcel Khalife's official home page: marcelkhalife.com Read more: 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 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 Middle East: Hip-Hop on the frontline The rap form allows a powerful voice for political invective, and is being used on both sides of the Israel-Palestine conflict. But for Arab countries and the Middle East, the influence and performance of hip-hop lights a few fuses 02 November 2004 Amal Murkus Video Interview with Amal Murkus. Music and censorship in Israel/Palestine 09 October 2002 Freemuse.org: Focus on artists from the Middle East Watch the new video interviews on www.freemuse.org recorded during the 'Images of the Middle East' festival which took place in Denmark in August-September 2006 30 October 2006 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 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 Israel: British musician defied death threats by militants Paul McCartney defied death threats by religious militants in the Middle East before his concert in Israel where he performed for 40,000 fans on 25 September 2008 25 September 2008 Palestine: Islamist reactionary groups threaten American pop stars Pop stars Madonna and Britney Spears will have their "heads cut off" if they continue "spreading Satanic American culture", threaten militant groups in Palestine 13 November 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 Kamilya Jubran Video interview with the Palestinian artist Kamilya Jubran who lives in Israel. She talks about music making and distribution in the shadow of regional conflict 30 October 2006 Israel: Police confiscates CDs with “inflammatory song” The song ‘Hawk of Lebanon’ by the Palestinian Northern Band has been banned by Israeli authorities. Tapes and CDs containing the song are being confiscated 05 September 2006 Oath to Vanquish Video interview with the Lebanese Death Metal band Oath to Vanquish, recorded in July 2006 - about their music and music censorship in Lebanon 08 July 2006 Israel: American piano tuner arrested Paul Larudee, an American who came to tune pianos in Ramallah and Jenin, refused to board a plane against his will and is now waiting for a court decision regarding him 15 June 2006 Palestine: Taliban-like attempts to censor music in West Bank As a Hamas-led town council in the West Bank bans outdoor music and dance performances, musicians fear Palestine is liable to be turned into an Islamic-law state 17 August 2005 Cultural Boycott - of any use? Freemuse Conference The recent initiative to boycott Israel is controversial, so is the Arab initiative to boycott cultural events which include Israeli artists. Yet the cultural boycott on apartheid South Africa did have an effect. And what about Cuba? Listen to the panel discussion from WOMEX 2003. 30 November 2003