Shadia Mansour, also known as "the first lady of Arabic hip hop

Arabic hip hop

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  is a Palestinian

Palestinian people

The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...

 singer and MC. Much of her music focuses on Middle East

Middle East

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 politics. Her first language is Arabic and she raps in Arabic. Mansour has recorded music with producer Johnny Juice

Johnny Juice

Johnny "Juice" Rosado is a DJ, music producer, audio engineer, arrangement, musician, composer, and consultant. He is an original member of The Bomb Squad in the band Public Enemy...

 of Public Enemy. Her first single, "Kofeyye Arabeyye (The Kufiya

Keffiyeh

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 Is Arab)", featured rapper M-1

M-1 (rapper)

Mutulu Olugbala also known by his stage name M-1 is a rapper, activist and author known for his work as one half of the political hip hop duo Dead Prez along with his friend stic.man...

 of Dead Prez

Dead Prez

Dead Prez stylized as dead prez is a hip hop duo from the United States, composed of stic.man and M-1, formed in 1996 in New York City, New York. They are known for their confrontational style, combined with socialist lyrics focused on both militant social justice and Pan-Africanism...

. Shadia is featured on Chuck D's website 'shemovement.com.'

External links

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11215298 – Article & video piece on Shadia Mansour on BBC News Online
• http://www.fenmag.com/2010/06/01/6qs-with-shadia-mansour/ – Profile and interview with Shadia Mansour at FEN Magazine
• http://www.cbc.ca/asithappens/episode/2010/09/13/monday-september-13th-2010 – A brief mention of Mansour on CBC Radio One's As It Happens