Israeli-Palestinian Hip Hop Duo Back in the USA

by Charles Lenchner · 2009-03-31 20:21:00 UTC
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Israeli-Palestinian Hip Hoppers Dam are back in New York on April 7th. Everyone knows Dam, right?

Palestine Education Project) presents
HOMELAND HIP HOP: A Benefit Show for the Indigenous Youth Delegation to Palestine

Tuesday, April 7, 2009. at Southpaw, 125 5th Ave, Park Slope Brooklyn.

8pm doors, 9pm show. $12 in advance, $15 at the door.

All proceeds will go directly to support the delegation of indigenous youth, artists, and youth organizers traveling to Palestine this coming August.

For those of you who aren't hip enough to know DAM, they are:

...the first Palestinian hip hop group. Based in Israel, DAM was founded in 1999 by brothers Tamar and Suhell Nafar and their friend Mahmoud Jreri. The group's name is the Arabic verb for "to last forever/eternity" (دام) and the Hebrew word for "blood" (דם), but can also be an acronym for "Da Arabic MCs."

You can listen to some tracks on their official site, here.

It's better of course, to watch a video of them performing. Keep in mind, this is raw. (You might want to skip forward to 0:40 - the first bit is boring subtitles.)

The Palestine-Israel Education Project brings American and Palestinian youth together for cross cultural exchange. Learn more about them here: http://www.thinkpep.net/.

Charles Lenchner
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