Welcome to Saut al-Shu'ub/Voice of the People, an occasional feature on Middle Eastern hip hop and pop music. First up:
HipHopNa
It's a few years old now, but MTV Arabia's 2007 show HipHopna (Our Hip Hop) is a great introduction to the rapidly developing realm of Arab and Arabic-language hip hop.
HipHopNa was the brainchild of Sam Wahab and Wasseen Hamdan. The two hosts are Qusai, a rapper and singer from Saudi Arabia, and Fredwreck Nasser, an American of Palestinian descent known for his production work with Snoop Dogg, Britney Spears, and many other prominent US pop stars.
