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Macklemore meets Gaza children and ends tour in ‘Freedom for Marwan’ shirt
American rapper Macklemore met children from Gaza during his concert in Paris and concluded his European “Free Palestine” tour in London wearing a shirt reading “Freedom for Marwan” in solidarity with Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti.
Hilal Times Editorial DeskUpdated:
American rapper Macklemore concluded the European leg of his “Free Palestine” concerts with sold-out shows in Paris and London, where he met children from Gaza and appeared on the final night wearing a shirt calling for the release of Palestinian prisoner and leader Marwan Barghouti.
Before his concert at Paris’s Accor Arena on October 29, Macklemore met four children and teenagers from Gaza, some of whom were injured during the war and are supported by a humanitarian organization working with children from Gaza.
Photos published by the organization showed the artist speaking with the children and accompanying a girl walking on crutches.
“Freedom for Marwan” on the final night
At the tour’s final concert on October 30 at London’s OVO Arena Wembley, Macklemore wore a shirt reading “Freedom for Marwan” in solidarity with Barghouti.
Barghouti is one of the most prominent leaders of the Fatah movement. He has been held in Israeli prisons since 2002 and was sentenced in 2004 to five life terms.
Albanese and Zomlot on stage
Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, took the stage in London to speak about the resilience of the Palestinian people. Palestine’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, Husam Zomlot, presented the artist with a gift made of olive wood containing Palestinian soil.
Proceeds from the tour, which also included a concert in Dublin on October 26, will go to 12 organizations supporting Palestinians. In September, Macklemore was removed from Ed Sheeran’s US tour after calling for a “Free Palestine,” while artists in Gaza painted a mural thanking him for his positions.
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