hawgblawg: Robin Wright on Arab/Islamic Hip-Hop

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About time MERIP got a blog. Some nice stuff brewing.

hawgblawg: Robin Wright on Arab/Islamic Hip-Hop.

Merip has a brand new blog, launched today. I intend to contribute posts on a regular basis–but I will not be abandoning hawgblawg by any means. My first was a meditation on how Robin Wright celebrates Arab/Islamic hip-hop in her book, Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World. Read it here.

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