▁plan [ ned ] ▁to ▁offer ▁a ▁he fty ▁do se ▁of ▁[ main ly ▁western ] ▁hip - h op ▁and ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁youth - l ifest yle ▁programming ▁MTV ▁be ams ▁across ▁the ▁U . S ." ▁ ▁Fem ale ▁hip - h op ▁Although ▁it ▁is ▁unclear ▁whether ▁or ▁not ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁separate ▁and ▁distinct ▁female ▁Arab ic ▁hip - h op ▁genre , ▁artists ▁such ▁as ▁Sh ad ia ▁Mans our ▁from ▁Palest ine ▁and ▁Mal ik ah ▁from ▁Leb anon , ▁are ▁very ▁el o quent ▁in ▁the ▁Arab ic ▁H ip - H op ▁art ▁form , ▁then ▁we ▁have ▁the ▁Egypt ian ▁Em pres S ▁* 1 ▁the ▁" First ▁Fem ale ▁Egypt ian ▁R apper " ▁in ▁Egypt ▁that ▁is ▁more ▁on ▁the ▁African ▁tip ▁giving ▁credit ▁to ▁both ▁her ▁African ▁and ▁Arab ian ▁roots . ▁Fem ale ▁hip - h op ▁artists ▁are ▁involved ▁in ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁out re ach ▁activities ▁in ▁the ▁Arab , ▁African ▁and ▁International ▁World . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁Em pres S ▁* 1 ▁was ▁invited ▁from ▁Egypt ▁to ▁Kh art ou m , ▁Sud an ▁by ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Culture , ▁Studio ▁One ▁and ▁Space , ▁to ▁work shop ▁and ▁perform ▁at ▁Beit ▁el ▁Fen oon , ▁working ▁with ▁young ▁Sud an ese ▁rapp ers , ▁po ets ▁and ▁sing ers ▁from ▁different ▁parts ▁of ▁Sud an . ▁Em pres S ▁* 1 ▁has ▁also ▁done ▁similar ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁UK ,