Shadia Mansour
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Shadia Mansour, also known as "the first lady of Arabic hip hop [1] is a Palestinian singer and MC. Much of her music focuses on Middle East politics. Her first language is Arabic and she raps in Arabic. Mansour has recorded music with producer Johnny Juice of Public Enemy.[2] Her first single, "Kofeyye Arabeyye (The Kufiya Is Arab)", featured rapper M-1 of Dead Prez. Shadia is featured on Chuck D's website 'shemovement.com.' [3]
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- ^ "British Palestinian rapper conducts a 'musical intifada'". BBC News Online. 7 Sept 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11215298. Retrieved 27 December 2010. See also "Palestinians, Israelis boogey ecstatically together in West Bank as 70s band belts out its nostalgic disco tunes at open-air concert". Ynet. 23 July 2010. http://www.ynet.co.il/english/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-3923416,00.html. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
- ^ Iara Lee, "Hip Hop as Global Resistance", The Huffington Post, 27 July 2010, accessed 27 Dec 2010.
- ^ Joshua Asen, "The Arab League of Hip Hop", Foreign Policy Magazine Online, 3 May 2010, accessed 27 Dec 2010
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