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Artists for Palestine
Unfiltered

Here's how Ed Sheeran can find his spine. It starts with Kneecap

From Macklemore to Kneecap, the repression of artists speaking for Palestine reveals the increasingly narrow limits of acceptable dissent, writes Nadeem Dawud.

Nadeem Dawud
24 September, 2026
US rapper, singer, dancer and DJ, Benjamin Haggerty, known as Macklemore, performs at the Goldencoast Rap Festival in Corcelles-les-Monts, near Dijon, central-eastern France, on August 30, 2026
Music
Offbeat
Live Story

Macklemore hits back as Boy George, Pink attack 'Free Palestine'

The New Arab Staff
08 September, 2026
drake
Pro-Palestinian activism
MENA
Live Story

Drake hits out at DJ Khaled for Gaza war silence

The New Arab Staff
15 May, 2026
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Interview
Film, TV & Music
Interviews
Live Story

Meet Nayomi: The Iraqi musician redefining women in rap

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

15 August, 2025
Glastonbury Festival 2024 - Day Four Kneecap
Pro-Palestinian activism
World
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Sharon Osbourne tries to expel pro-Gaza rappers Kneecap from US

Anam Alam
24 April, 2025
Libyans wave national flags during a parade in the coastal city of Tajura to commemorate the anniversary of the demonstration that toppled Gaddafi [Getty]
Libya
MENA
Live Story

'Incites sex work': Libya bans rap music amid conservative turn

Basma El Atti
05 February, 2025
ILLUSTRATION_PALESTINIAN_RAP
rap
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Revisiting Palestinian rap with Asifeh and Osloob

The New Arab Staff

Emilie Maksaymous

10 September, 2024
Oddisee
Sudan
Interviews
Live Story

Sudanese-American rapper Oddisee on music, family, and Sudan war

The New Arab Staff

Shahla Omar

28 June, 2024
Gaza War
Offbeat
Live Story

Macklemore's Gaza anthem ‘Hind’s Hall’ climbs US music charts

The New Arab Staff
30 May, 2024
Macklemore
Gaza War
World
Live Story

Why is Macklemore's pro-Palestine song called Hind’s Hall?

The New Arab Staff
11 May, 2024
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Gaza
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Behind Fairuz’s powerful force in Macklemore’s Hind’s Hall

The New Arab Staff

Asmahan Qarjouli

10 May, 2024
Gaza War
World
Live Story

Macklemore pro-Palestine song faces YouTube 'shadow ban'

Assiah Hamed
09 May, 2024
Gaza War
World
Live Story

US rapper Macklemore releases pro-Gaza track Hind's Hall

The New Arab Staff
07 May, 2024
Israel
MENA
Live Story

Israeli rapper wants 'death' for Mia Khalifa

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 February, 2024
rap music
MENA
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Fate of US rapper Travis Scott’s Egypt concert unclear

Thaer Mansour
19 July, 2023
tupac
rap music
Voices

Tupac's music still strikes a chord with struggling peoples

Richard Sudan

Richard Sudan

23 June, 2023
rap music
MENA
Live Story

Morocco rapper given suspended jail term for journalist spat

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 January, 2023
rap music
MENA
Live Story

Arab Pride: Egyptian rapper Wegz to wrap up Qatar World Cup

Thaer Mansour
16 December, 2022
drake
Morocco
World
Live Story

Drake faces backlash for 'dissing' Moroccan women

Basma El Atti
07 November, 2022
Nancy Ajram
MENA
Live Story

Nancy Ajram to release song with Egyptian rapper

The New Arab Staff
10 August, 2022
Egyptian rapper Marwan Pablo
Egypt
MENA
Live Story

Rights advocate slams suspension of Egyptian rapper

Thaer Mansour
07 October, 2021