I was in Banksy’s Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem where there is a gallery for Palestinian artists, and saw a painting by the superb Palestinian artist Suleiman Mansour. I found the painting so powerful, I said that I would like to put together a song sparked off by this painting - I thought it could be a 12” vinyl single with the painting on the front cover. I told my good friend Wisam Salsaa, Manager of the Walled Off Hotel, and he phoned Suleiman for his permission, which was kindly given. I then wrote to various Palestinian friends showing them the painting, and asked them for their thoughts. Those thoughts I have reflected in the lyrics. It all came together as the song, My Name Is Palestine. This CD is to assert the equality of all people and is a call for justice to come to all communities who have suffered racism and oppression. - Garth Hewitt
Featuring:
1.My Name Is Palestine
2.Making Holy Dreams Come True
3.In the Storms of Life
4.Deportees (Plane crash at Los Gatos)
5.Sing Aaron Sing
6.This Place
7.Victor Jara
8.To the God Whose Name Is Mercy
9.Whose Garden Was This
10.Let Nothing Disturb You
11.Love Is the Way