Wild West – 2024

Palestinian pop artist Bashar Murad made waves across social media in Spring 2024 for participating in Söngvakeppnin, the annual Icelandic contest to determine who will represent the country in Eurovision. While “Wild West” – co-written with Einar Stef of Hatari, the Icelandic band that held up the Palestinian flag during the 2019 Eurovision final in protest of its being held in Tel Aviv – narrowly lost the contest, the bid sheds light on the contested politics of performing in such events.