I just saw a feature on CNN International about the Palestinian Hip Hop movement powerful stuff. Check out these trailers and videos:
Slingshot Hip Hop Trailer
SlingShot Hip Hop is a documentary film that focuses on the daily life of Palestinian rappers living in Gaza, the West Bank and inside Israel. It aims to spotlight alternative voices of resistance within the Palestinian struggle.
Music video from DAM (Da Arab Mcs)
“WHO’S THE TERRORIST?!”
DAM - “Born Here”
4 responses so far ↓
edits // Jan 5, 2007 at 3:56 pm
DAM! power to ya. nice track. incredible concept. pity im a stupid westerner that doesnt know your language, therefore gotta read subtitles. still. sounded tight. keep up the struggle, hardship is always the bearer of dope music!!
peace love n war, Edits, Australia
ps im sorry about my governments position. stupid.
Eli Gottlieb // Jan 6, 2007 at 1:03 pm
I just watched DAM’s “Who’se the Terrorist?”. Guys, you aren’t helping things at all. Anyone who watches all this and thinks, “Oh, those poor Palestinians…” you aren’t helping either.
Peace will only come when Israel realizes that the Palestinians will always be there and when Palestine realizes the Israelis will always be there. Any attempt to drive one or the other out of the land - by force, political pressure, international action or public sympathy - will fail.
Eli Gottlieb // Jan 6, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Oh, and secondly, why don’t you put up some Israeli hip-hop music videos for balance? The Israeli hip-hop scene is heavily political, and you could find both right- and left-wing views to post quite easily.
smack // Jan 6, 2007 at 3:58 pm
I don’t think there is any balance. In my opinion Israel is just a US puppet if there was no oil in the middle east the state would have had no aid from the US and Britan and this would be a non issue.