“Bismillah, it’s the light!” »: Francesca Albanese takes up the slogan of high school students on stage in Paris

Last night in Paris, Francesca Albanese made a remarkable entrance on stage during Macklemore’s “Free Palestine” concert. “Bismillah, it’s the light!” “, she said, using the high school students’ slogan. World-famous American rapper, Macklemore puts his notoriety at the service of the Palestinian cause. With “Hind’s Hall”, released in 2024, he supports student mobilizations, denounces the war in Gaza and announces that he will donate streaming revenues to UNRWA, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees. A commitment that makes his music a relay of solidarity and mobilization.

Francesca Albanese embodies the courage of a word that resists pressure. The UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories paid the price for her commitment to documenting and denouncing the genocide in Gaza: in July 2025, Washington imposed sanctions on her, officially for her alleged support for the actions of the International Criminal Court targeting American or Israeli officials. UN experts denounced an attempt at intimidation. Despite these measures, she continued her work and her speaking engagements.

“Bismillah, it’s the light!” »: Francesca Albanese takes up the slogan of high school students on stage in Paris

In Paris, Francesca Albanese made a remarkable entrance on stage during Macklemore’s “Free Palestine” concert. “Bismillah, it’s the light!” “, she said, using the high school students’ slogan.

— Oumma.com (@oumma) October 30, 2026