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Oct 18th: Concert with Palestinian Rappers DAM
DAM (Handout Photo)
Saturday, October 18, 2008 @ 9pm
Cedar Cultural Center
416 Cedar Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota
$25 general admission, $18 students

'Da Arabian MC's', Dam also means 'blood' in Arabic and 'immortal' in Hebrew. Heralded by France's Le Monde as "The spokesman of a new generation," DAM is the first and leading Palestinian hip hop group. It is composed of Tamer Nafar, 28, his younger brother Suhell, 24, and Mahmoud Jreri, 25.

All three members of the group were born and grew up in the slums of Lyd, Israel, a mixed town of Palestinians and Jews, 20 kilometers from Jerusalem. DAM's music is a unique fusion of East and West, combining Arabic percussion rhythms, Middle Eastern melodies and urban Hip Hop.

The lyrics of DAM are influenced by the continuing Israeli-Palestinian conflict as well as by the Palestinian struggle for freedom and equality. DAM also address such controversial issues as terrorism, drugs and women's rights.

More information at SlingshotHiphop.com
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