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| ~ Band Members | |
| Shadi AlHaj is no longer a member of WhiteFlag Project. He acknowledges his commitment to the band up until 2006.Since this time Shadi feels that the band is not representative of his ’views’ on the world. We respect and support Shadi and would like to make it clear that any info on Shadi after 2006 is to be ignored. We are doing our best to remove Shadi from all WF Project data after this time. | |
| ~ TALK | |
| NEW CD NEW CD NEW CD TALK on sale now and digital downloads... | |
| ~ US tour summing up | |
| We were in the US for 15 days. We needed to rehearse as fast as possible as we hadn’t met for over a year, for some of us it was 3 years. We were fantastically fortunate as Aaron (WhiteFlag's guitar player) father invited us to stay and rehearse at the Am Kolel sanctuary 3 days after we landed, at the Bossa ’ ;one of the most interesting developments in D.C. jazz is the scene for which Bossa acts as a hub. Some of the most innovative music coming out of the city is played there on a nightly basis by a growing group of highly trained musicians who have studied musical tradition, but also embrace a forward looking ethos’:’DCist Interview’ Rob Coltun, Bosa club owner, gave us a wonderful opportunity to do a ’work it out gig’ in his club...we had a tremendous time..  .So thanx so much Rob | |
| ~ Final US Gig in 2009 | |
Last gig in the US-2009Woodstock N.Y.Kleinert/James Art Center8:00 P.M Tickets at the door Special guests: Pete Levin-Keyboards and Ray Spiegel-Tabla and Ken Lovelett-Percussion | |
| ~ U.S Tour December 2009 | |
      WhiteFlag on tour in The US...December 1st to 14th 2009 Boston-New York-Ohio-Woodstock-Washington DC  It is very much a reunion as all the players from the core group will be there Shadi, Gani, Zaher, Katja, Mark and our new guitar player Aaron Shneyer. Unfortunately it is really hard for Yassin to come at this time as Gaza is HORRIFICALLY sealed and getting ’OUT’ is almost impossible... Oh what a wonderful world Sharing Jerusalem is the Washington based organization that is hosting the rally on December the 6th and invited WF to participate  a> Don't know why the link came up like this...but it works | |
| ~ FaceBook | |
| The Face Book connection... | |
| ~ GUITAR PLAYER | |
 WhiteFlag Project is proud and happy to introduce Aaron Shneyer a dynamic guitar player and composer arranger from the US, who is replacing Arale on the Guitar for WFP. Arale is travelling in New Zealand and we wish him all the success in the world. Aeron is also the founder and CEO of Heartbeat. Heartbeat is based in Jerusalem and is committed to developing musical groups/bands and events between Israeli and Palestinian kids in High school. http://www.heartbeatjerusalem.org/HEARTBEAT%20JERUSALEM/HOME.html Check out the site  | |
| ~ WhiteFlag Project live at the Scotts Hotel- Tiberius | |
On the 28th of August we will playing a great gig...The Scotts Hotel is an amazing hotel on the shores of Lake Kinneret/Sea of Gallilee. The hotel and the staff are honored to be a cross cultural work force and WFP are proud to play there. 50 N.I.S if you are not a guest we start playing at 21:00 It is gonna be great... come join us | |
| ~ Ringtones in Arabic, English & Hebrew - from the song 'Kilmeh' ( a word) | |||
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| ~ WhiteFlag Project back in Nazareth | |
 WhiteFlag Project is back in the beautiful city of WhiteFlag project will be doing an acoustic/electric performance along with some originals o | |
| ~ WhiteFlag Project LIVE in Nazareth | |
WhiteFlag Project
With special guests الفرقة المستضافة من قلنسوة Anger Boys להקה אורחת מקלנסווה ~ נצרת~ NAZARETH ~الناصرة مركز "محمود درويش" الثقافي מרכז תרבות ’מחמוד דרוויש MAHMOUD DARWISH Cultural Center in Nazareth שישי-------Friday-------الجمعة ----------15.5.09 ----------20:30 If you buy tickets thru the site before the concert it is 40 N.I.S. BUY IT HERE At the concert it is 50 N.I.S. IT IS POSSIBLE TO ORDER TICKETS THRU THE PHONE AT: 052-6839726 כרטיסים מוזלים ברכישה מוקדמת באתר: 40 ₪ إمكانية الحصول على بطاقات يسعر اقل في توصية مسبقة من موقع الانترنت : | |
| ~ WhiteFlag Project Newsletter #1 | |
| Our first Newsletter in the F.F.Z (flag free zone) thoughts, ideas and comments are welcome...  | |
| ~ WhiteFlag Project host Sharon Katz and Nomsa Majola from the Peace Train | |
Shuni/Milestone 4/4/09 21:00 WhiteFlag Project hosts Grammy nominated band Sharon Katz and the Peace Train, for a one time concert playing and Jammin’ on the musics of South Africa/ US and the Middle East...  Sharon Katz & Nomsa Majola of The Peace Train Nomsa Majola was born in Soweto, South Africa under the Apartheid regime. After schooling in the deeply traditional rural areas of KwaZulu, she formed an Indlamu dance company and performed throughout South Africa and Europe before immigrating to America with her family. She joined The Peace Train as a dancer and singer in 2003 and has toured with the band from coast-to-coast, including for the Carnegie Hall World Music series, where her unique, energetic Zulu dancing and educational skills distinguish her as a performing artist and workshop leader. Sharon Katz was born and educated in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. After defying the Apartheid regime to travel and perform across the racial barriers, she earned a Master’s Degree in Music Therapy. She and Nonhlanhla Wanda formed The Peace Train in 1992 as South Africa’s first, 500-member, multiracial performance group and toured in support of Nelson Mandela’s Presidential campaign. When international TV coverage resulted in American performance invitations, The Peace Train moved its home base to Philadelphia in 1999. Sharon is a skilled African-picking guitarist, composer and singer who has performed with Isicathamiya masters Ladysmith Black Mambazo as well as the divas Miriam Makeba and Dolly Rathebe. Her debut American CD, Imbizo, was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best World Music. Sting recorded her for his Carnival! CD with Elton John, Madonna and Tina Turner. Check out: www.sharonkatz.com | |
| ~ WhiteFlagProject at the Global Peace Festival - Haifa | |
WhiteFlagProject are happy and proud to be part of this unique global event Check out the web site: | |
| ~ Amnesty International gig | |
On the 6 November WF will be doing a small private gig for amnesty international who are having a reception to present a book. As this is a private function we would not normally mention the Gig-
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| ~ HeartBeat- | |
| WF will be playing a short set at the YMCA in Jerusalem on the 21 of September.
'Heart Beat' is a small organization that is supporting the creation of a band of Palestinian and Israeli teenagers. After a year of meeting composing and rehearsing they are ready to play their first concert and we will go and join in :-) | |
| ~ Creation of Peace Festival | |
WhiteFlag was invited to play at the "Creation of Peace" Festival! So this was an amazing gig...Kazan is an extraordinary city and was celebrating its 1000 year birthday! A city whose population is half Moslem and half Christian; These guys have really worked out how to live together. There were, at the end of the day, in the region of 200,000 people in the crowd. Check out the following interview with Andrey Makarevich, legendary Russian rock star,and organizer of the event: "The idea of the festival appeared about a year ago when I with Sergei Mirov discussed the situation in which the group "White flag" had found themselves. They have problems because the group comprises the citizens of Israel and Palestine. That is why they can work neither in Israel nor in Palestine. They have to work in Europe. At present the ventures on the religious and national basis take place very often. And we believe that it is music that can unite people." We thought that was pretty cool but much more important than that, is the understanding that musicians commitment to play; their right to play, represents a powerful tool in creating unity between peoples of the world...gotta go will update later interviews, news shows, amazing musicians/bands and more.. We made some wonderful new friends in Kazan...Nina and Kennon, Tony Levin, Chaek, KTU, Keith Emerson... the list goes on. Kazan was unique in so much that the festival was not scared to use the power off love/music...corny/old school maybe, but none the less, very real, and of course, timeless. Everybody there was motivated to give and the raw potential of the power of music as a healing force was experienced by all. And the music, what a banquet of music, all feeding off the tradition and power of good oll Rock ’n’ Roll. It all works together, this festival showed that all music is part of the rock world and that it is all about energy. | |
| ~ Salech in Switherland | |
| Salech, our Darbuka player, has received refugee status in Switzerland and will be able to bring his family to Switzerland, unfortunately his status does not yet allow him to join us in Russia but we are banking on him in 2009. | |
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