Maqam Saba: One Scale, Three Skies - Melbourne Recital Centre, Sunday 25th OctoberYousef Alreemawi talks about an upcoming performance at Melbourne Recital Centre, dedicated entirely to the Saba music scale, performed by multiple artists and headlining will be Tarab Ensemble, on Sunday the 25th of October.And you can sponsor a Palestinian to go to the concert by dropping Tarab Ensemble an email at [email protected] can be found a link for tickets.This broadcast is about Maqam music of the Arab World, a musical culture and system which spans Egypt, The Levant, Iraq, North Africa,The Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Turkiye, and many more regions and countries, each culture distinctly adapting and morphing the Maqam system while maintaining the roots and conventions. Maqam Saba: One Scale, Three SkiesMaqam WikiLearn Maqam   

David Watson, member of Free Palestine Melbourne, discusses the purpose and importance of the Red Lines Package, a set of bills to turn Australia's international legal obligations into practical safeguards against genocide, anywhere in the world. They discuss common critiscisms of the Royal Commission on Anti-Semitism and Social Cohesion, that it's focus on Anti-Semitism is a missed opportunity to address how the Bondi attack happened, Israeli lobby groups are pushing for the adoption of the International Human Rights Association definition of Anti-Semitism, a definition which conflates the Israeli government and Zionism with Judaism, which would create a situation where critiscism of and disagreement with the Israeli government could and would be labelled as anti-semitic. The Red Lines Package is a set of bills placing human rights regardless of politics, trade alliance, and defence treaty obligations at the centre, and focuses on defence exports and providing legal red lines to prevent the Australian government from participating in human suffering in any way. Labour turned down the Red Line Package, but this is not the end, on the website you can send a pre-written letter to your parliament member, and encourage them to review this legislation. Remember to go to your local rally, if you feel you cannot help, you can at the very least show your disgust at the genocide in Palestine and your contempt for the Israeli government and our government complicity in the genocide and its perpetrators. Red Lines Package WesbiteFree Palestine MelbourneRoyal Commission WebsiteRoyal Commission Interim Report  

Yousef speaks with Fassih Keiso, the Syrian artist and photographer who took some of the most iconic pictures of the Last Hours of Arafat and PLO fighters before they left Beirut for the last time in 1982.This is the final part of a 5 part interview.

Yousef speaks with Fassih Keiso, the Syrian artist and photographer who took some of the most iconic pictures of the Last Hours of Arafat and PLO fighters before they left Beirut for the last time in 1982.This is the fourth part of a 5-part interview.

Yousef speaks with Fassih Keiso, the Syrian artist and photographer who took some of the most iconic pictures of the Last Hours of Arafat and PLO fighters before they left Beirut for the last time in 1982.This is the third part of a 5-part interview.

Yousef speaks with Fassih Keiso, the Syrian artist and photographer who took some of the most iconic pictures of the Last Hours of Arafat and PLO fighters before they left Beirut for the last time in 1982.This is the second part of a 5-part interview.

Yousef speaks with Fassih Keiso, the Syrian artist and photographer who took some of the most iconic pictures of the Last Hours of Arafat and PLO fighters before they left Beirut for the last time in 1982.This is the first of a 5-part interview.

Robert interviews Ala'a Al Qaisi, writer and director of The Return, a play about Marwan, a grieving Palestinian father in Gaza, who waits for his martyred daughters to return through the clouds, only to embark on a surreal spiritual journey that explores life, death, murder, love and forgiveness.Ala'a speaks about the meaning of the title, the inspiration behind the play and the character Marwan, the meaning of the word martyr to Palestinians, and the importance of faith in Palestine. The Return is playing in Melbourne from September 15-22. Tickets are available here: https://events.humanitix.com/the-return-play-melbourne 

Yousef discusses how the history of the Kafr Qasim massacre influenced the inception of Palestinian Land Day. Music:Ounadikoum by Ahmad Kaabour Image: 'Palestine Nakba Day demo in Berlin', Montecruz Foto (2015), CC BY-SA 2.0

Yousef presents a collection of Arabic songs and instrumental pieces, including: Melody of Eternity by Farid al-Atrash Shall We Meet Tomorrow (Umm Kuthum) by Mohammed Abdel WahabQareat Al Fengan by Mohamed El Mougi Ya Salam by Nancy AjramSaaban Alaya by Amr Diab Khuttat by Ilham al-Madfai Image: Ilham Al Madfai in 2005 (2005) by Skip The Budgie, CC BY-SA 2.0

Yousef continues to discuss the passports and travel documents of the Palestinians after the Nakba, this week focusing on the Palestinians who fled to Iraq. He explains the massacres and events that caused the flight and the situations of the Palestinians in Iraq as the political and economic landscape of the country evolved from the 1950s to the 1990s.Music: Tarab Ensemble read Eleven Planets Since the Last Andalusian Scene, a poem by Mahmoud Darwish, performed at the Brunswick Ballroom.Image: All-Palestine Government Passport (2016) by وسام زقوت, CC BY-SA 4.0