Adnan Joubran at Together For Palestine: "Art is here when words fail"

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Adnan Joubran of Le Trio Joubran spoke to NME backstage at Together For Palestine about being personally invited to perform by Brian Eno, his "responsibility" as a Palestinian artist, and urging governments to change: "I hope this will tell us what will happen in the future"

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00:00The big question what brought you here? Brian himself and being Palestinian I

00:06believe and I hope being good old player what brought me here I wanted to be in

00:11this part of this the beginning just to help in organizing I didn't know that

00:17Brian was behind this but then a few months later Brian just called me and

00:21said Adnan I want to play this piece and I want to have the Aoud I'm looking for

00:25and I want to have you would you kindly be with me and he's like of course yes I

00:31cannot say no for Brian for anything and specifically for such massive event the

00:37biggest fundraiser in the history of England for Gaza. Well that's it I don't

00:42think there was a time when an event of this scale for this cause would have

00:46been unimaginable maybe what does it tell us this is happening now? It's not what

00:52it's happening now I hope it's gonna tell us what will happen in the future I

00:56hope it's gonna just tip the scale towards making the government do

01:02something we artists we have been always vocal many artists have starting to be

01:07more vocal and more and more and more we can see more international artists are

01:10being vocal and that is a great movement because art after all is is here when

01:16words fail art is very emotional art is very honest when it's a genuine when it's

01:22meaningful so we hope that this will help the governments listen to our hearts and

01:30to the right story and do something it's a big question but as a Palestinian what

01:34gets you up on that stage sorry it's a big question but as a Palestinian what gets

01:38you up on that stage as a Palestinian it's my responsibility to be there the

01:42heroes are those who are not in Palestinians but me I cannot not be on this

01:48stage if not this stage another stage it's my responsibility it feels like a

01:53job since I was a musician since I started being Palestinian is part of my

01:59job because I have to be more vocal because I cannot just make music for love

02:03for anything simple let's say I have to be very meaningful and very genuine whatever

02:08I say and it's tough it's tough you choose not to be viral and things you

02:14you choose not to be very popular whatever you do but at least for me and my

02:20brothers it's the line that we chose and some music fans at home who might be a

02:27bit tired like doom fatigue and constant doom scrolling and being attacked likes by

02:31like on the senses by everything that's happening and feeling a bit hopeless what

02:35would you say to them no I think I think seeing how things have started and how

02:42they are changing now I think the hope is building up the right momentum and I

02:48hope it's just not going to take too long because this genocide has to stop

02:52today at any moment we wanted to stop now the suffering of the Palestinian

02:58people has to stop today before tomorrow and to artists who aren't using their

03:03voice what would you say for the artists who are not using well if I think if

03:10they care about their career now these days they should be vocal for Palestine

03:14and I'm not saying that artists are surfing on a wave of pro Palestine caring for

03:22the for their career I think they're just caring for the humanity so there's two

03:27things if you care about your humanity you've got to stand for the right place in

03:31the right place and if you care about Palestine or your career you've got to

03:35stand as well in the right place these days amazing thank you so much thank you

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