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The Israel-Palestine Lorde Diaries
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This Israeli urges Lorde: Play Palestine instead
Instead of simply canceling your show in Tel Aviv, cross the checkpoints and the separation wall and do what most pop icons have yet to do: perform in the West Bank. An open letter to Lorde. Dear Lorde, You may have stumbled upon my words before. Three years ago, your art and public persona inspired…
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Yuval Ben-Ami
December 24, 2017
The Israel-Palestine Lorde Project
Putting together an homage to your favorite singer is a trivial thing — if you live in a normal country. It started off as a simple enough idea: let’s make a musical tribute to Lorde, New Zealand’s young and upbeat singer-songwriter. I’m crazy about Lorde’s music, despite being nearly 40 years old and usually more…
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Yuval Ben-Ami
April 27, 2015
The Israel-Palestine Lorde Diaries, chapter 15: The love club
The final chapter, in which we make music. Part 15 of 15. To read the rest of the series, click here. “Yuval, what is your time limit?” Khader asked me online. There was a time limit. The spring’s succession of guided tours was supposed kick off in two weeks. Once that happened, I would have no…
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Yuval Ben-Ami
March 5, 2015
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The Israel-Palestine Lorde Diaries, Chapter 4: Azizi will judge
Part four, in which our heroes find a jar of rare yeast spread, and have a wonderful time chuckling at ‘Google Translate.’ Read the previous chapters of The Israel-Palestine Lorde Diaries’ here. On Tuesday I wrote Hanin: “It’s time to look for a singer. You said you knew a few.” There was no response that day,…
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Yuval Ben-Ami
January 25, 2015
The Israel-Palestine Lorde Diaries, Chapter 3: Two Islands
Between general despair and out of fear of offending the anti-normalization movement, the project moves on and Lorde makes an unlikely fan. Read the previous chapters of The Israel-Palestine Lorde Diaries’ here. More than a week has passed and I haven’t heard from Hanin. I figured we need find another translator. Meanwhile, Jewish-Arab partnership in…
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Yuval Ben-Ami
January 19, 2015
The Israel-Palestine Lorde Diaries, Chapter 2: Casino San Remo
Yuval Ben-Ami and his gang are going where no man or woman has gone before: They are trying to produce a bilingual, bi-national album based on the songs of pop prodigy Lorde. The only problem: The gang itself is homogenous to the core. An insurmountable challenge? For the entire Israel-Palestine Lorde Diaries, click here. A…
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Yuval Ben-Ami
January 12, 2015
The Israel-Palestine Lorde diaries, Chapter 1: The lunch
Freshly back from his journey down the beaten path, Yuval Ben-Ami is setting out on another adventure, a musical one, a political one — forging a binational tribute to the Kiwi queen bee. For The entire Israel-Palestine Lorde Diaries, click here. There’s a nice restaurant in Tel Aviv where my girlfriend Ruthie and I have lunch…
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Yuval Ben-Ami
January 5, 2015
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