Arab rapper X Jewish Rapper: Mazzi & Sneakas
Having just completed my last post about the Arab-Israeli film “Ajamai” , I felt it only right to brave the (second) blizzard of aught-ten to go see Mazzi & Sneakas, your favorite rapper’s...
View ArticleMy name is Khan (or Hussain)… (pt. 2)
When I was blogging last night about the film “My Name is Khan” , and its intersection with President Obama, it did not yet occur to me that the greatest irony of the film is not the Muslim Indian...
View ArticleChen Lo & the Liberation Family tour the Middle East/North Africa with the...
Photo credit: Frank Stewart for Jazz at Lincoln Center My peoples Chen Lo and the Liberation Family just returned from an incredible tour of the Middle East and North Africa, sponsored by the US...
View ArticleShadia Mansour wins back the Arab Kufiya
Photo Credit: Ridz Design (via Illuminarcy Blog ) Last month, Palestinian Hip Hop star, Shadia Mansour , released the much-anticipated first single from her forthcoming debut album, “ El Kofeye...
View ArticleArab Hip Hop All-Stars assemble in Brooklyn
This past Friday night will go down in the history of Hip Hop as the night that the leaders of the Arab Hip Hop movement, DAM , The Narcicyst , Lowkey , and Shadia Mansour , first performed...
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