“in order to hear the birds the warplanes must be silent” is a compilation of music and poetry by North Carolina-based artists for a free Palestine arriving to the internet on February 2, 2024.
This work arises from an urgent need to express solidarity with Palestinians who are facing genocide in Gaza after decades of occupation and to help generate resources for an international organization fighting for Palestinian liberation.
The compilation will arrive on Bandcamp on a day when the site will not take its usual 15% of sales. All proceeds from the compilation will go to Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM.) PYM is a transnational, independent, grassroots movement made up of both young Palestinians who live in Palestine and those who live in exile worldwide as a result of the ongoing Zionist colonization and occupation of their homeland.
The title of the album comes directly from a poem by Marwan Makhoul – a poet from Palestine, born in 1979 in the village of Boquai’a, Upper Galilee. Follow him @marwan_makhoul
Bullhorn is very proud to be helping this project come into the world. FreePalestine!