Tadhamon Singers were formed in 2018. We are a group of women who sing in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle. In 2022 we toured the West Bank and Nazareth, singing in refugee camps, cultural centres, streets and cafes, singing with Palestinians and making lasting connections.
As we travelled, Palestinians kept asking us one thing: “please share our story”.
We remain committed to supporting the struggle for justice and equality for Palestine by engaging in activism in the UK against the injustices of the Israeli Apartheid regime. We do this through performances, song workshops, solidarity actions, small events, online talks and sharing our blog from the trip. We were early members of the Sheffield Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid. Sign up to the Coalition’s newsletter here
♫ “We stand with you”
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Singers for Palestine …
An evolving group of singers supporting actions for Palestine. Come and join in with Tadhamon Singers at the first Friday station rally of each month or at demonstrations, protests and boycott actions.
Join our ‘Singers for Palestine’ contact list to hear about opportunities to raise your voice in support of Palestine at actions and events.
Interested? Email tadhamonsingers@gmail.com
Our Recent Actions and Events
Palestinian Festival of Culture and Film, Derby
Sunday, 19th April 2026
We were honoured to be invited to perform on 17th April, as part of the Palestinian Festival of Culture and Film at the QUAD in Derby. This was a vibrant two day festival presented by Derby Friends of Palestine, which explored the themes of resilience, culture and community in Palestine through film, dance, music, workshops. There were stalls selling a range of Palestinian products and merchandise, as well as delicious authentic Palestinian cuisine.
Tadhamon sang as the opening welcome act on Sunday, with a presentation of songs and slides, which had been updated with several new songs written by Janet Wood, our musical director. We aimed to emphasise the continuing genocide in Gaza, the horrific increase in unchecked settler violence and land grabs in the West Bank, as well as the vital importance of continuing to take action and keeping Palestine in the public eye as the attention of world powers and the media is turned elsewhere.
Our singing was well received by the audience, and many came up to thank us afterwards.
“Your songs were so beautifully arranged and sung with deep conviction and purpose. I hope you could tell your audience was spellbound and didn’t want you to stop. This was music making at its best.”. Beate Toyke, Workshop Leader
“You sang beautifully and it was so important that you brought the politics into it”.
Thank you Derby Friends of Palestine for a wonderful afternoon.
Sing for Palestine Workshop
14th February 2026
What better way to spend a chilly February Saturday than learning rousing new Palestine solidarity songs? On 14th February Tadhamon were joined at St Andrew’s Hall by 15 other singers to do just that at our Sing for Palestine Workshop.
True to form, our talented Musial Director, Janet Wood, had assembled a varied group of songs, some self-penned especially for the occasion. Some of the songs were targeting Barclays Bank, renowned for underwriting and investing in the arms factories that supply Israel with the weapons used in its genocidal attacks on Palestinians. “Stop Arming Israel” called out the arms factories and businesses that continue to supply the Israeli war machine.
We sang them with gusto, learning a surprising amount in the morning session, before joining with other Palestine activists in the city centre where we sang our newly learned songs outside Barclays Bank, and Marks and Spencer’s, urging people to boycott the Israeli dates and other foods they are selling. Our spirited rendition of Janet’s new Barclays Trilogy, accompanied by kazoos and shakers made from Palestinian Cola cans, certainly made passers-by stop and listen.
Have a look at our Workshop webpage to find out more.
We are hoping that the singers who came to the workshop will join our Singers for Palestine group, which we are setting up to augment our voices at demonstrations and rallies.
Interested in joining our ‘Singers for Palestine’ group? Email tadhamonsingers@gmail.com to be added to the contact list.
Lancaster performance
27th October 2025
On 27th October Tadhamon performed in the Gregson Arts and Community Centre in Lancaster at the invitation of North Lancashire Green Party. The evening opened with some spirited songs from Morecambe based musician and activist Pete Moser. We sang to a capacity crowd of about 60 people in this warm, quirky community centre and were welcomed and hosted for the night by some lovely local people.
One of the joys of performing in different venues around the country is that we get to sing to very different audiences. On this occasion many of the people we spoke to after the show said that they were not regular pro-Palestine activists and had learned a lot from our performance. A Green Party councillor said how moved she had been and spoke of how she felt the slides and spoken word had complemented the songs. We were rewarded at the end of the show by a standing ovation and some delicious pizza. Thanks to Pete, our hosts and all who made this happen for a truly memorable visit.
Rotherham Friends of Palestine Fundraiser
19th September
We were delighted to be hosted by Rotherham Friends of Palestine to perform in St James Church in Rotherham, where we sang to a diverse and receptive audience of around 50 people. Doing our full performance is always an emotional experience for both us and the audience, and even more so this time in the light of the horrific slaughter and starvation being perpetrated in Gaza, and the increasing brutality of the Israeli occupation and settler attacks in the West Bank.
We had updated our songs, to include ‘So Many Times’ an affecting song by Rachel Munoz from Barnsley, which exhorts us to sustain our resistance in the face of the unrelenting onslaught by the Zionist regime. ‘They Will be Counted’, written by Robb Johnson and arranged by Janet Wood, expressed our outrage and contempt for the politicians in the UK and elsewhere, who support Israel as they perpetrate this horrific genocide in full view of the world. Our slides showed the strength of Palestinian people as well as the ever increasing international support for Palestine, which is maybe a cause for hope.
Many people in the audience were visibly moved during the performance, and stayed to chat and thank us afterwards. Our host, Hafsah, wrote, “I just wanted to say a massive thank you to Tadhamon for coming to Rotherham and creating such an inspiring and wonderful evening. I saw many people moved to tears throughout your presentation – it was a really impactful few hours.”.
The Mayor of Rotherham, Councillor Rukhsana Ismail was in attendance, together with Councillor Taiba Yasseen and Councillor Angham Ahmed. Afterwards the Mayor wrote “An unforgettable evening with Tadhamon Singers. Powerful music, deep solidarity, and voices raised for Palestine. Founded in 2018, this incredible group of women use song to share stories, raise awareness, and inspire action.”
The diversity of our audience, and the delicious food provided for the occasion by local Yemeni and Pakistani women gave us a real sense of the strength of community feeling in support of Palestine in Rotherham.
The event raised a much needed £1,033 for the Sheffield Emergency Relief Fund for Gaza.
A big thank you to all the Rotherham Friends of Palestine for hosting us and making us so welcome!
Women’s Scholarship Fund
23rd June
On Monday 23rd June Tadhamon attended the AGM of the Sheffield Palestine Women’s Scholarship Fund, which raises money to pay the university fees of Palestinian women in Gaza and the West Bank. Our friend Dalya Ramadan, a graduate of the fund, was due to be there in person, but was stopped at the border as she went to get her flight. However, she spoke movingly to the meeting via a live link, about the worsening situation in the West Bank, and her work providing mental health support for young people traumatised by their experiences in prison and at the hands of the Israeli forces.
Dalya is also a rapper, and singing with her in Palestine was one of the highlights of our trip, so it was an emotional moment for us all when we sang over the live link, including ‘I stand with You’ , the song we had sung together in 2022.
It was good to hear from Dalya the importance that the Scholarship Fund had played both financially and emotionally in enabling her to pursue her education and thereby undertake the vital work she is doing now to support young people to pursue their education in such terrible times.
Small Park Big Run
1st – 22nd June
The annual Small Park Big Run in Meersbrook Park is always an amazing event and the 9th event this year was no exception. This magnificent fundraiser took place over 24 hours from noon on Saturday 21st till noon on Sunday 22nd June. Over 600 runners signed up to run round the park, with some keeping going for the whole 24 hours. Choirs and bands play to encourage the runners around the route and colourful paper lanterns were made to light the way during the hours of darkness, and there were many other events to celebrate Palestinian culture and show solidarity in the unimaginably dark times they are facing.
Tadhamon had hoped that we would be joined by our friend Dalya Ramadan, whom we met and sang with in Palestine in 2022. She had a visa and a flight booked but was stopped by Israeli forces at the border to the great disappointment of all of us. However, she spoke movingly over a live link in the Palestine Voices tent and her presence and support was felt over the weekend.
Tadhamon sang several times, including joining in the incredibly moving Big Sing, where hundreds of people, including nine choirs sang ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone´ and ‘L’hurriya Jaya’ (Freedom is Coming) over a live link to Gaza. The whole event raised over £19,000 which will be divided between the Sheffield Palestine Women’s Scholarship fund and the Sheffield Palestine Cultural Exchange, which raises funds for health, play and cultural facilities for young people in Gaza and the Occupied Territories. A truly memorable weekend, showing the ingenuity, creativity and strength of community support for the people of Palestine.
Protest at Forged Solutions, Sheffield
17th June 2025
On 17th June, the Sheffield Coalition against Israeli Apartheid organised a very successful protest outside Forged Solutions, a company which makes components for the F-35 jets which are raining destruction on Gaza. Coachloads of people came from cities around the region making this a very lively event, with chanting, speeches and drumming. Tadhamon sang, and handed out song sheets so that people could join in. We will continue to sing out against arms factories in our region!
Street Choirs Festival – Bradford
13th – 15th May 2025
From 13th – 15th June 2025 Tadhamon went to Bradford, where we joined 51 other campaigning and community choirs from all round the country, and over 1200 other singers for the 41st Street Choirs Festival. The theme of the festival this year was ‘RESILIENCE We are Strong’ and it did feel strengthening to be among so many like-minded people as we assembled for the mass sing in the City Park. While the festival is a celebration of the power of song, the shadow of the genocide in Gaza and the worsening situation in the West Bank was in all our minds, and many of choirs sang about Palestine in the Saturday concert.
Tadhamon sang our new song, ‘They will be Counted’ (written by Robb Johnson, and arranged by Janet Wood), which expresses our rage at the politicians who have supported the Israeli government as they decimate the people of Gaza in full view of the world.
Our other performance song ‘We Will Not Be Silenced’, written by Ali Burns, expresses the determination that we all use every means possible to continue to speak out for Palestine in the face of the powerful forces that try to silence us.
Our two workshops on the Sunday morning were well attended and gave us the opportunity to share some of our campaigning songs with people from other choirs. We hope they will take wings and fly!
Gig for Gaza
31st May 2025
We were very pleased to be invited by freelance musician and performer Pete Moser, to join him in sharing songs at the Gig for Gaza on 31st May. The event, held at the Sidney & Matilda bar, was organised by Charlie Kondras, Pete’s son.
This was not our usual kind of event! There was a programme of bands and performers through the afternoon and evening and an audience many years our junior. We did wonder how our kind of singing would be received. But Pete and Janet’s charisma was magnetic and the yard filled with people singing along to our song sheets. It was so exciting to be taking our message to such a different audience.
We heard afterwards that the event raised over £1700 for the Sheffield Gaza Emergency Relief Fund. Sidney & Matilda had offered the space free of charge, and some of the bands travelled a distance to play.
Charlie wrote, “It was a heartfelt night, and we’re deeply grateful. We held joy and heartbreak side by side, and it was in love for Gaza that we came together.”
Many thanks to Charlie and Pete for inviting us to this wonderful event.
Leicester Secular Society
3rd May 2025
Workshop and Presentation
On Sunday 3rd May we were delighted to meet up with members of Red Leicester, Leicester’s socialist choir in the historic Leicester Secular Hall, the only building in Britain entirely devoted to secularism. In the afternoon we held a workshop to share some of our songs with 13 members of Red Leicester, who wanted to learn them to use in their busking and performances. Our hosts then shared a delicious meal with us.
Our evening performance was hosted jointly by Red Leicester and the Secular Society, forming one of the regular series of radical lectures and events hosted by the Society. Our updated performance, of song, spoken word and slides was well received by the audience of around 40, and was made particularly special when Red Leicester members joined in with three of songs we had shared in the workshop. Many members of the audience were clearly moved as we sang, and rose to give us a standing ovation at the end.
We had many appreciative comments as we spoke to audience members afterwards.
This was a particularly emotional performance for us too, as we watch in horror while the situation in Gaza and the West Bank continues to grow immeasurably worse.
With many thanks to Red Leicester and the Secular Society for hosting us.
“We were very moved and learned a lot. We will be talking to people about what we have heard.”
“I found it particularly moving seeing solidarity demonstrations from right across the world, even in Jakarta. I hadn’t realised that.”
“I really appreciated it that you told it as it is, with no flannelling.”
International Women’s Day – Sheffield
8th March 2025
Tadhamon Singers were honoured to play a full part in Sheffield’s International Women’s Day events. Many of our singers participated in walks from different parts of the city, commemorating the Great March of Return in Palestine. These converged on the Peace Gardens where a moving vigil was held and testaments to the women of Palestine were delivered.
We sang ‘We Will Not Be Silent’, including Diane’s poem ‘Women of Palestine’ and ‘Kuluna Ghaza’ (We Are All Gaza). After a minute’s silence and reflection, Chrystine Moon led us all in a rousing rendition of ‘You Can’t Kill the Spirit’ before we marched to the Broomhall Centre for delicious food, a fascinating live link with extraordinarily brave women from Gaza and the West Bank. We were inspired and moved by the testimony of Dr Rana Sobeh, Dunya al Amal Ismail and Itimad Abuward. Our contribution to this lovely evening was to sing a welcome song at the beginning “Asalaam Aleykum‘ then to round the evening off with two final songs.
A wonderful day recognising the strength, courage and resilience of the women of Palestine.
Barnsley – We Stand With You Presentation
17th January 2025
Tadhamon premiered our new performance, We Stand With You, in St George’s Church, Barnsley, where we were given a warm welcome by our hosts Barnsley Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
The evening started off with some moving solidarity songs, written and performed by Rachel Munoz
Aware of the silencing and biased reporting in the mainstream Western media, we were keen to use our updated performance to give voice to Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank, talking of their feelings about the current situation. Our songs reflected our anger at the ‘Broken Moral Compass’ of the UK government’s support of Israel as the genocide in Gaza and increasingly violent occupation of the West Bank continues and at the attempts by the British government to shut down our peaceful protests in support of the Palestinian people.
The evening was rounded of by the sale of delicious cakes provided by Barnsley PSC and , and the many beautiful craft items made by our host, the indefatigable Marie. The event raised £374 for the Gaza Relief Fund.
One young woman told us afterwards, ”I learned so much more stuff about what’s going there”, and Marie posted on Barnsley PSC Facebook, “The Tadhamon Singers were amazing! Their songs, slides and speeches left us all spellbound! Their message of activism, solidarity and resistance uplifted us all and gave us hope for Palestine”.
Boycott Action – Coca Cola, not in my fridge!!
14th December
More boycott action – this time in Firth Park. A new song written by Janet Wood ‘Anything’s Better then Coca-Cola’ and an ‘Abbey Road’ moment for Tadhamon!
7th December 2024
Some members of Tadhamon Singers paid a visit to Tescos raising their voices in song to persuade customers to boycott Coca Cola whose operation in Israel is situated on stolen Palestinian land.
Amos Trust Tour – Steal All the Flowers
5th December 2024
Tadhamon Singers were honoured to be invited to perform as part of the Amos Trust visit to Sheffield. The presentation from the Amos Trust was a deeply moving ‘Requiem for Gaza’ and included first hand accounts of the on-going horrific genocide in Gaza.
The event also included a powerful discussion with Hala Hanina and Ahmed Alnaouq, the co-founder of We Are Not Numbers, from Gaza and the beautiful music of Saied Silbak.
Tadhamon’s two sets consisted of six songs, including the two below, which we performed for the first time – have a listen!
Big thanks to Graham Wroe for filming and producing the videos. You can see more here
if you are interested in hosting our presentation, get in touch through our contact form
Events
Join us at one of our upcoming events to learn more about the lives of Palestinians, and the apartheid they live under. Or get in touch to organise an event with us for your community.