The reification of Palestine and Israel

Interesting post from Eyal; provokes thoughts about when language reveals ‘white privilege’, racism, and the impossibility of ever being in the ‘other’s ‘ shoes (perhaps the impossibility of the sexual relationship too, obliquely anyway).

 

Truth from Eretz Yisrael

I love Tamer Nafar. What an excellent performer! I love his music and his politics. Never spearing his audience the burden of politics, and the multilayered difficulty of being a Palestinian, combining criticism of the West and Israel, with that of Palestinian society, and of those observing it. I thoroughly enjoyed his show last week, which was part of his UK tour, where he tried new electronic material, this time in English. It was a huge hit, if you ask me. Very different to his previous works, and really taking his art to the next level, upping the game and giving the audience an extraordinary time.(*)

But what was particularly evident for me in comparison to previous DAM songs, is that it really expressed more forcefully how tired he is of it all, and how he just wants to live his life and be happy. Aren’t we all!? The best…

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