Doc Jazz: "Independence cannot be given to you"
By Guest Post • Feb 22nd, 2010 • Category: Biography, Culture and Heritage, Features, Interviews, Music, Poetry, Events, Newswire, Palestine, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, Uprooted Palestinians' TestimoniesInterview with Palestinian Musician (and Surgeon) Doc Jazz
"I want the people to believe in themselves again, in the same spirit as that of the first Intifada that started in 1987. They seem to be increasingly depending on others, and leaving their fate to be decided by others than themselves. But my message to them is: independence cannot be given to you, it can only start by acting independently. Otherwise you are only on the road to a new 'dependence'. This is the motto of my 'come-back'. And I hope that in some way or other, my music relays that message."
