Wednesday July 13, 08:38 PM Palestinian rock star

Wednesday July 13, 08:38 PM Palestinian rock star Amar Hassan, who came in second in a Lebanese TV version of "American Idol," last year, plays an oud in a hotel room in the West Bank city of Ramallah Tuesday, July 12, 2005. It`s been a hot summer on the Palestinian arts scene: gunmen broke up the concert of Hassan after he refused to limit his repertoire to political songs, and a Hamas-run town banned a music festival to prevent mingling of the sexes. Compared to other Arab societies, the Palestinians were once largely secular and tolerant of Western customs, even with Islam as the majority religion. However, more than four years of Israeli-Palestinian fighting have led some Palestinians to seek solace in religion or return to tradition, also a reflection of a regional trend.(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)Height (pixels): 348Width (pixels): 512

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