Shahadat Winter 2012
January 17, 2012 arteeast 11 other publications
This edition of Shahadat's Exploring Popular Literature Series is a special issue on hip hop, edited by Rayya El Zein. The issue functions as liner notes to an album filled with radical potential, and features translations of sixteen hip hop tracks by artists from Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, and the Arab diaspora. Ranging from the highly political to the contemplative, these songs offer listeners and readers insight into the hopes and critiques of a generation of contemporary Arab hip hop artists.
This edition of Shahadat's Exploring Popular Literature Series is a special issue on hip hop, edited by Rayya El Zein. The issue functions as liner notes to an album filled wi...