{"id":50508,"date":"2024-04-16T11:41:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T07:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=50508"},"modified":"2024-07-20T12:01:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T08:01:18","slug":"saint-levant-dedicates-coachella-performance-to-gaza","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/saint-levant-dedicates-coachella-performance-to-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe Palestinians Only Know Resilience&#8221;: Saint Levant Dedicates His Coachella Performance To Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_50510\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50510\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50510\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Snapinsta.app_429981418_1138325670499842_4734003101033130590_n_1080.jpg\" alt=\"saint levant \" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Snapinsta.app_429981418_1138325670499842_4734003101033130590_n_1080.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Snapinsta.app_429981418_1138325670499842_4734003101033130590_n_1080-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Snapinsta.app_429981418_1138325670499842_4734003101033130590_n_1080-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Snapinsta.app_429981418_1138325670499842_4734003101033130590_n_1080-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Snapinsta.app_429981418_1138325670499842_4734003101033130590_n_1080-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Snapinsta.app_429981418_1138325670499842_4734003101033130590_n_1080-155x194.jpg 155w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Snapinsta.app_429981418_1138325670499842_4734003101033130590_n_1080-150x188.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: @saintlevant Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Palestinian artist Saint Levant took to the stage at Coachella this year and dedicated his performance to the people of Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The star took to the stage to perform a number of his hit songs including &#8220;Very Few Friends&#8221; and &#8220;Nails&#8221;, as well as \u201cFrom Gaza, With Love\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old singer also addressed the crowd to highlight the ongoing conflict devastation in Gaza.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50512\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50512\" style=\"width: 870px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50512\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/3dcda9dc8dd68e7cbd23b6d0e7f99b5185832ee0.jpg\" alt=\"saint levant \" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/3dcda9dc8dd68e7cbd23b6d0e7f99b5185832ee0.jpg 870w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/3dcda9dc8dd68e7cbd23b6d0e7f99b5185832ee0-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/3dcda9dc8dd68e7cbd23b6d0e7f99b5185832ee0-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/3dcda9dc8dd68e7cbd23b6d0e7f99b5185832ee0-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/3dcda9dc8dd68e7cbd23b6d0e7f99b5185832ee0-155x87.jpg 155w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/3dcda9dc8dd68e7cbd23b6d0e7f99b5185832ee0-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Coachella, my name is Saint Levant and I was born in Jerusalem and raised in Gaza,&#8221; he declared to the crowd. &#8220;As I hope all of you are aware, the people of Gaza have been undergoing a brutal, brutal genocide for the past six months. And the people of Palestine have been undergoing a brutal occupation for the past 75 years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not just me on the stage \u2013 it&#8217;s the whole Arab world on the stage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Palestinian artist Saint Levant at Coachella<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@se.fina\/video\/7357593012060327198\" data-video-id=\"7357593012060327198\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@se.fina?refer=embed\"target=\"_blank\" title=\"@se.fina\"  target=\"_blank\">@se.fina<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>not my usual content at all but SO WORTH SHARING \ud83c\udf49\ud83d\udda4\u2728 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/saintlevant?refer=embed\"title=\"saintlevant\" target=\"_blank\"  target=\"_blank\">#SaintLevant<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/coachella?refer=embed\"title=\"coachella\" target=\"_blank\"  target=\"_blank\">#Coachella<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/gaza?refer=embed\"title=\"gaza\" target=\"_blank\"  target=\"_blank\">#Gaza<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/freepalestine?refer=embed\"title=\"freepalestine\" target=\"_blank\"  target=\"_blank\">#freepalestine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/falastini?refer=embed\"title=\"falastini\" target=\"_blank\"  target=\"_blank\">#falastini<\/a> ~ <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7357594196624050975?refer=embed\"target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - \ud835\udce2\ud835\udcee\ud835\udcef \ud83c\udf49\"  target=\"_blank\">\u266c original sound &#8211; \ud835\udce2\ud835\udcee\ud835\udcef \ud83c\udf49<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Saint Levant, born in Jerusalem Marwan Abdelhamid, grew up in Gaza, before his family fled to Jordan in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Since stepping onto the music scene in 2022, Saint Levant has continued to pay homage to his roots in his music and his Coachella performance was no different. He has also continued to call for unrestricted justice to Palestine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe Palestinians only know resilience,&#8221; he also declared on stage. &#8220;We will return and we will rebuild.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ending on a note of strength, is unyielding devotion to his DNA, in every facet of his artistic endeavours is clear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31739,"featured_media":50532,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[134,260,36,349,140,35,4764],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Saint Levant Dedicates Coachella Performance To Gaza<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Palestinian artist Saint Levant took to the stage at Coachella this year and dedicated his performance to the people of Gaza.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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