RAMALLAH: Teachers in Palestine are on strike, calling for an increase in their salaries due to escalating inflation, and have rejected a deal by the government, saying it did not do them justice. The Teachers’ Movement, a union that ensures teachers’ rights are met, organized a sit-in in front of the Council of Ministers in conjunction with the weekly government session to
ALBAWABA - A Palestinian record shop repairman wants to reinvigorate traditional Arabic music, focusing on the great classics of Umm Kulthum, Abdul Hali
Hadar Cohen explains how the Jewish tradition of Baqashot, a devotional music service, survived following the expulsion of Jews from Spain and Portugal, and continued to be practiced amongst communities in Morocco and Syria.