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Slingshot Hip Hop

Presented by the Yale Council on Middle East Studies

Introduction and discussion by Rosie Bsheer, Department of History, Yale University

Slingshot Hip Hop braids together the stories of young Palestinians living in Gaza, the West Bank and inside Israel as they discover Hip Hop and employ it as a tool to surmount divisions imposed by occupation and poverty. From internal checkpoints and Separation Walls to gender norms and generational differences, this is the story of young people crossing the borders that separate them.

Directed by Jackie Reem Salloum (Palestine and USA, 2008)
In Arabic, English and Hebrew with subtitles in English
Open To: General Public
Admission: Free
Sponsor(s):The Council on Middle East Studies at the MacMillan Center