Arab spring rappers blast ‘thieves of the revolution’

As Syrian hip-hop developed alongside the nearly two-year-old revolt against the regime, “people started to listen... and it became more direct,” al Sayyed Darwish, a member of the Syrian trio LaTlateh, said. (AFP)

By AFP

Sitting on the fringes of upheaval in the Middle East, Lebanon’s capital Beirut has become the scene of experimental music-making by Khat Thaleth, a group of rappers out to take the revolts that started during the Arab Spring to the next level. The collective has members from around the region - ranging from Tunisia, birthplace of the Arab uprising, to the Palestinian refugee camps of Lebanon - and vocalizes the realities of a new generation carrying the baggage of the past...................

Here's one of their videos:

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