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 This page was created by: Paulette Afuwah, Madison Copeland, and Jalisa Ross.

We chose Egypt because allot of people are not familiar with Egyptian hip hop. Egyptian hip hop incorporates Religion & other social issues. In the 1990's hip hop was dead in Egypt until the 2000's when it became more wide spread and popular! America and Islam have a huge influence on hip hop in Egypt. Egyptian hip hop does not allow women to be disrespected, they also do not allow artist to show off their wealth, or show hatred towards any human being
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DAM, also preferred as Da Arabian MCs, is an Israeli hip hop group that formed in 1999. DAM is the leading and first Palestinian rap group. Its members consist of Tamer Nafar, Suhell Nafar, and Mahmoud Jreri. The group's name is the Arabic verb for "to last forever or eternity" and the Hebrew word for "blood". They are inspired by the growing Israeli and Palestinian conflict. They are also inspired by the controversial issues such as: drugs, terrorism, and women rights. They perform in both Arabic and Palestinian to reach all audiences. They produce social justice hip-hop that talks about what is going on in their country. media type="youtube" key="Gt5zLEfTQ6g" width="425" height="350"** http://www.dampalestine.com/main.html __Themes:__ The artist speaks to the government and the people of the unfair social justice happening in their country. They say they want to be free like the other children of the world but the government still has them enslaved. The message being conveyed in this music is that they have been in hostage for 50 years and they just want to be free like the other children of the world. They also say anywhere they go they see borders imprisoning humanity. They are just saying they want to be free and be happy like others. They are showing what it means and takes to be a Palestine living in Israel. The artist sees hip hop as a way to showcase their frustrations, hopes of dispossessed people and the way of life of Palestine’s living in Israel.
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Paulette Afuwah:__ I think this music is real and important to sing and hear about because those people of palestine are unhappy and just want to be free.it compares to my favorite song that the lyrics and messages are from the heart and they want to get a point across to the people.** **__Jalisa Ross:__ I think the music is important. I think this because it is important to know what is happening in other countries that is not your own, especially, about social injustice. This artist talks about how life is living in Israel, and how they want to be like everyone else; with equal rights. This is artist is very different from my favorite artist. Even though they bout talk about what is gong on in the world, DAM talks about how freedom is important, and wants the world to understand**
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