The Intifada 1987, by Riad Awwad, Hanan Awwad and Mahmoud Darwish

The Intifada 1987

by Riad Awwad, Hanan Awwad and Mahmoud Darwish

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mabdukhanova such an incredible collection!

Andrew Russell A stunning document of Palestinian artists. Enchanting songs sang by male & female voices over subtle arabic synth & disco grooves. Majazz project keeping the legacy alive to inspire future generations 👏 Favorite track: Palestinian.

fou92 my record never arrived, I bought one year ago.

vales3000 Absolutely incredible music. It should be blasted through every speaker across the world in resistance to their attempts to silence Palestinian freedom.

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A Majazz Project 2022 reissue of Riad Awwad's rediscovered album, the first album to be released after the outbreak of the First Intifada

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1.	Intifada 04:33	buy track
2.	I'm from Jerusalem 05:23	buy track
3.	My Land My People 04:41
4.	Palestinian 02:50
5.	The Graves 01:55
6.	Homeland 04:41
7.	Forty Years 04:27
8.	Uprising 03:27
9.	When We Meet Again 04:34
10.	Palestinian Land 04:28
11.	Childhood Dream 03:42

about

Just one week after the outbreak of the First Intifada in 1987, Riad brought his sisters Hanan, Alia and Nariman together in their living room and began recording The Intifada album on equipment he had made himself. One of these was co-written with their friend, the acclaimed Palestinian writer Mahmoud Darwish.

Riad printed 3000 copies of the cassettes which he began distributing in the Old City of Jerusalem and across the West Bank. The Israeli Army immediately confiscated all the copies they could find, the vast majority of which remain in the military archives to this day. Riad was arrested, interrogated and detained for several months.

Straight after his release, he formed a band, Palestinian Union, and put out a new album. He then founded a school, offering kids in the West Bank an alternative musical education, teaching them how to create their own electronic equipment.

In 2005, Riad was tragically killed in a car accident. His legacy lives on through his family, his timeless music and his powerful story, which continues to inspire 34 years on from the First Intifada.

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During the first lockdown of 2020, artist and music collector Mo’min Swaitat was in Jenin, in the north of the West Bank, when he met up with a family friend and former record label owner, whom he remembered from childhood. The family friend told him he no longer ran the label and that all his cassettes were now in storage and had not been played for decades. Mo’min purchased over five thousand cassettes from him, amongst them a large collection of music from the First Intifada. One of these was The Intifada album.

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released December 9, 2021

Reissued by: Majazz Project, 2022

Written, composed and performed by: Riad Awwad

Lyrics by: Mahmoud Darwish and Hanan Awwad

Chorus: Nariman Awwad and Alia Awwad.

Curated and mastered by: Mo’min Swaitat

Artwork by: Ahmed El Khalidi

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