Palestinian hip hop is not limited to the Palestinian Territories . Rappers and hip hop groups that consider themselves Palestinian hip hop artists have emerged around the world . These " Arab and Palestinian American hip hop artists are part of a transnational hip hop movement that includes young artists in Palestine/Israel " . In Gaza , Ortega Da ALC ' z ( Alhassan ) who released many albums he lives in United Arab Emirates , MC Gaza ( Ibrahim Ghunaim ) , Palestinian Rapperz and MWR rap about positive expression , everyday struggles , and the conditions of living in the occupied territories . Similarly , rappers Arapyat , Saz and The Happiness Kids discuss the experience of Palestinian youth in the West Bank . In Israel , DAM rap the experience of the Arabs who live in Israel . Internationally , Palestinian American rappers Excentrik , the Philistines , Iron Sheik , Ragtop and the Hammer Brothers all touch on themes of alleged racial profiling and discrimination against Arabs in the United States while expressing solidarity with Palestinians in the Palestinian Territories and in the diaspora . Refugees Of Rap Palestinian hip-hop group . Based in Paris , France , it Was in 2007 , in a Palestinian refugee camp in Yarmouk , Syria , that the brothers , Yaser and Mohamed Jamous , created this group . Their texts offer a glimpse of life in the camp and denounce the situation in Syria . Shadia Mansour , a British-born female rapper , has brought attention to Palestinian hip hop in Europe along with others , Ettijah , a female rap group from Dheisheh Refugee Camp who are the first Palestinian female refugee rappers American filmmaker Jackie Salloum 's 2008 feature-length documentary '' Slingshot Hip Hop '' traces the history and development of Palestinian hip hop in Israel , the West Bank and Gaza Strip from the time DAM pioneered the art form in the late 1990s . DAM , Palestinian Rapperz , Mahmoud Shalabi , and female artists Arapeyat and Abeer Zinaty are all featured in the documentary . The film was screened at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival
2008 Sundance Film Festival
2008 Sundance Film Festival
Palestinian hip hop