About Radio alHara

Radio alHara is an online radio station and cultural platform broadcasting from Palestine to listeners around the world.

Founded in Bethlehem in 2020, Radio alHara emerged at a moment of global stillness. What began as a response to isolation and uncertainty quickly grew into a wide-reaching, community-led radio station — one that connects artists, listeners, and broadcasters across borders, time zones, and geographies.

Today, Radio alHara operates as a continuous stream of music, talk, sound, and conversation, shaped by a global network of residents and guests.

A platform for sound, culture, and exchange

Radio alHara’s programming spans music, interviews, experimental sound, archival recordings, and live broadcasts. Shows move fluidly between genres and traditions — drawing from local and regional lineages while remaining open to influences from across the world.

Rather than adhering to a fixed format, the station is shaped by the voices and practices of those who contribute to it. Residents host recurring shows, guest broadcasters bring new perspectives, and special broadcasts respond to moments, urgencies, and collaborations as they arise.

The result is a living archive: a growing collection of broadcasts that document shared listening, cultural exchange, and collective presence.

How Radio alHara works

Radio alHara broadcasts live on a regular schedule, with shows airing throughout the day and night. Many programs are hosted by residents — artists, musicians, researchers, and practitioners based in different cities worldwide — while others are one-off transmissions, special broadcasts, or collaborations.

All broadcasts are archived and made available to listen back, forming an extensive and evolving catalogue of past shows.

While the station operates on Palestine time, its contributors broadcast from many locations, reflecting the distributed nature of the project.

Context and community

Radio alHara is rooted in its place of origin, while remaining outward-facing and globally connected. It exists within a complex social and political landscape, and its programming reflects an ongoing engagement with questions of culture, memory, resistance, and care.

At its core, Radio alHara is a collective project. It is sustained by the relationships between its contributors, listeners, and wider community — a space for connection through sound, even when physical proximity is not possible.

Radio alHara continues to evolve, shaped by those who contribute to it and those who listen.