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The birth of Arabic rap?
"As one colleague played the tape and Shaaban Abdel-Rehim began shouting, "I hate Israel and I'll say so if I'm asked, even if it costs me my life or I get arrested," the office started cheering..." Find out what Dardasha has to say on the shaabi singer's sudden popularity here.
Read excerpts from an interview with Shaaban Abdel-Rehim here.
Order a new book about the shaabi singer here.
February 3, 2001




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