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Beats of Palestine: DAM in Concert at Cal

Date:
Sunday, April 07, 2013
Time:
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Event Type:
Concert/Show
Organizer/Author:
Tom Pessah
Location Details:
112 Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley

Students for Justice in Palestine are bringing DAM to Berkeley as part of the US tour for their new album "Dabke on the Moon." This event is a cultural and political musical performance by DAM, the first Palestinian hip hop rap crew and one of the first rap groups ever to rap in Arabic. They represent a burgeoning Palestinian voice, one that speaks of politics, social justice, and love, contained in memorable music and rhyme.

--Suggested donation of $5 :)
(No one turned away for lack of funds.)

Sponsored by ASUC, Middle Eastern Children's Alliance (MECA), CAL's Students for Hip Hop, Ethnic Studies 5th Account, Black Student Union, Arab Resource and Organizing Center of SF (AROC), CAL's Arab Recruitment and Retention Center (ARRC) & General Union of Palestinian Students (GUPS at SFSU)

A sample of DAM's music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMF8cZSqTcU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjnFbe7D9pY
http://www.myspace.com/damrap/music/albums/dabke-on-the-moon-nudbok-al-amar-18859386

This event is a part of Palestine Awareness Week at UC Berkeley, sponsored by Students for Justice in Palestine and Law Students for Justice in Palestine.


questions about parking? directions?
http://berkeley.edu/map/3dmap/3dmap.shtml?wurster
Added to the calendar on Thu, Apr 4, 2013 8:01PM
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