Reem Kelani, the Palestinian singer, musician, musicologist and broadcaster, was born in England, brought up in Kuwait, and she now lives in London. Reem is both bi-lingual and bi-cultural. She does ...

The album’s official launch concert took place on 12 October at the Tabernacle in London “I was sitting in Ain Al-Hilweh refugee camp and this lovely refugee woman said, in Arabic, “What’s your name, ...

Palestinian singer Reem Kelani indulges herself in research on iconic Egyptian music legend, Sayed Darwish Born in Manchester, England to father from Ya’bad near Jenin and mother from Nazareth in ...

Reem Kelani sings a song called “Hardship Doesn’t Last Forever.” She dedicates it to the murdered Palestinians of Sabra and Shatila, and those being slaughtered in the West Bank now. Kelani is a ...

Entitled “Reem Kelani: Live at the Tabernacle”, the album comprises a live recording of Reem’s concert at the Tabernacle, London W11, on 22 November 2012. The concert formed part of Kensington & ...

I first heard Palestinian singer Reem Kelani with Israeli saxophonist Gilad Atzmon's band Orient Express. Listening to these two musicians from conflicting countries sharing the same stage was an ...

Reem Kelani was born in Manchester to Palestinian parents, but moved to Kuwait when she was quite young. She worked as a marine researcher by day, a singer of jazz standards and show tunes by night.

The recording is a bit crackly, but the words ring out: "Eh! You think we will get rid of occupation if we yodel?" It is the voice of a spirited 80-year-old woman, Zahra Umm-Ahmad, recorded in a ...

RATHER like the BBC, Reem Kelani’s remit seems to be to educate, inform – and of course to entertain. The indefatigable Palestinian doesn’t simply perform the songs she sings. She also takes time to ...

With the renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace process looking more fragile by the day, anxiety about the future is not restricted to people who live in the immediate region. There is a huge Palestinian ...

The singer and activist Reem Kelani has kept fans waiting for a decade for a proper follow-up to 2006’s Sprinting Gazelle. This lavishly packaged, Kickstarter-funded live album is not quite that, but ...