Hip-Hop

Music: Rebellious rhymes from Nahr al-Bared camp

by Haitham Sabbah December 29, 2009

The hip-hop beats ringing through the muddy, unlit streets of the burnt-out Palestinian refugee camp Nahr al-Bared seem incongruous. But the rhymes are camp-grown – and courageous. “I’m carrying worries / From inside a destroyed camp / I’m preparing an attack / Words that keep turning in my head / Nahr al-Bared is fenced-in with [...]

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FREE THE P! Palestine Takes NYC’s East Village by Storm

by Haitham Sabbah October 19, 2005

DOWNLOAD THREE FREE TRACKS FROM FREE THE P HERE! As I walk down the darkened staircase into a muggy basement in this lower eastside dive bar, a scruffily bearded supporter smiles and waves a four-foot wide Palestinian flag. The chatter begins as the room fills with anxious people awaiting the show. The young crowd came [...]

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