Starry-edit - Starry Edits~

Yesterday, Israel banned Al Jazeera and raided its offices.

The next day, the Israeli Forces begin their assault on Rafah - a place where over a million civilians have sought refuge.

This is not a coincidence.

Al Jazeera

Palestinian singer running to represent Iceland at Eurovision contest

Bashar Murad said he wants to use his song to ‘illustrate’ the difficulties Palestinians face in order to be heard.

Palestinian pop singer Bashar Murad is hoping to represent Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest in May and bring “a Palestinian voice to the main stage”. [...] Murad is competing in the national final with a song co-written by Einar Stefansson of the Icelandic band Hatari, known for raising a banner showing Palestinian flags during the 2019 Eurovision Contest. [...] In Iceland’s domestic qualification, singers of any nationality can participate if they sing their song in the first semifinal in Icelandic. Murad, who was born in and lives in occupied East Jerusalem, said it was difficult to learn the song in Icelandic, but he found some similarities to Arabic. His entry, Wild West, tells the story of challenging boundaries and chasing dreams against all odds. “I wanted to illustrate how many obstacles as Palestinians we have to go through in order to be heard … we’re excluded from every mainstream platform,” he said. “Everyone has theories about my participation. And everyone is politicising my existence when I’m really just a human who had a dream and applied for this competition fair and square.” When asked if Murad wants Israel to participate in the competition, he said, “Of course, I don’t want my occupier to be there.” “But my main focus right now is to be able to bring, for the first time in history, a Palestinian voice to the main stage.”

Iceland’s domestic ESC qualification, Söngvakeppnin, will be decided today (2 Mar 2024).

So I’m trying to draw my princess peach piece in digital but something has been troubling about the face.

Princess Peach Showtime art piece

At first I was having a bit of trouble with it but I’m happy with how it turned out. I hope you like it!

(Also I just started playing Showtime yesterday as soon as I got it and really like it so far!)