Young Palestinian dancers tell stories of resistance
22 March 2017
Refugee youths from West Bank camp are touring the US. Read more about Young Palestinian dancers tell stories of resistance
Palestinian hip-hop
Video: “We have hope” - New music from Gaza’s Revolution Makers
22 December 2014
Hip-hip duo release new track and video shot against Gaza’s landscape. Read more about Video: “We have hope” - New music from Gaza’s Revolution Makers
Ten hip-hop tracks that demand freedom for Palestine
4 September 2014
Did the music industry finally wake up to Israel’s crimes during the summer of 2014? Read more about Ten hip-hop tracks that demand freedom for Palestine
Hip hop (still) lives in Palestine - Listen to album preview
5 January 2014
Listen to a preview of “Ongoing Culture,” a forthcoming album by Gaza hip hop artists. Read more about Hip hop (still) lives in Palestine - Listen to album preview
Video: Rare public hip-hop performance in Gaza City
31 May 2013
Hip-hop is not new to Gaza, but in recent years public performances have been nonexistent. But last week Gaza rappers Revolution Makers and Antara broke that silence with a rare public performance at the Palestine Festival of Literature. Read more about Video: Rare public hip-hop performance in Gaza City
Citing Israeli sponsorship, Palestinian MC Boikutt pulls out of Austria's Salam.Orient festival
12 October 2012
Boikutt: “These kind of events… are used as a propaganda tool to hide the colonial nature of ‘Israel.’” Read more about Citing Israeli sponsorship, Palestinian MC Boikutt pulls out of Austria's Salam.Orient festival
Interview: rapper Sphinx on why Egypt uprising had a hip-hop soundtrack
24 January 2012
Hesham Alofoq (aka Sphinx) of the Egyptian hip-hop group Arabian Knightz speaks to The Electronic Intifada about the history of hip-hop in Egypt and the Middle East, the future of the Egyptian uprising, and the role that music plays in the revolt. Read more about Interview: rapper Sphinx on why Egypt uprising had a hip-hop soundtrack