Current sectionArt & CultureShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeAzri, left, and Gabri of Boogie Balagan. The duo's world is a strange and culturally fluid place, as is their music. Credit: Franck HaymannAfter an eleven-years hiatus, the duo Boogie Balagan are back with a new album. Here, they talk about the fantasy world they created called 'Palestisrael' and why they once pushed back against being labeled as 'Jews'09:33 PM • June 03 2026 IDTThe musical duo Boogie Balagan wanted to get to know Turkey properly, and so during their 2015 tour in the country they hired a tour guide who took them and their band on a tour of a dark and secret Turkey. He loaded the musicians into a minivan and said they were going to visit a charming village near Istanbul, but after several hours of driving, they found themselves on dark roads. In the News'We Confuse Them': BDS Can't Decide What to Do About This Israeli BandLeave Our Troubles Outside? 'Cabaret' Serves as a Warning to Israeli Society'Political Figures Kindly Advised Me Not to Translate A Historian in Gaza''I Read Every Word She Ever Wrote': Alan Berliner on Making His Film 'BENITA''You Culturally Appropriate a Lot. You Also Took Genocide – We Did It First!'Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIWho Built the Biblical-era Fortresses in the Deserts of Israel and Jordan?Far-right Israeli Ministers Join Thousands at Israel Day Parade in New YorkUN Report Accuses Israeli Forces of Rape, Sexual Abuse of Palestinian DetaineesNot Lapid or Bennett: Could This Former IDF Chief Be Israel's Next Leader?Israel's Solution to the Gaza Problem Is Well Underway13 Signs That Israel Missed: How Disaster Unfolded the Night Before October 7