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Rap the Casbah

By Michelle Chen

For more than a generation, hip-hop has drawn kids from neighborhoods around the world into the musical intersection of street culture and political consciousness. Now that common ground is making a mark in one of the globe’s most conflict-ridden areas: the Arab world. Tracing the breadth of the diaspora — from French streetscapes to Gaza slums — Arab youth are… return to article

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