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Thursday
Dec102009

Shia Hip-Hop

By AuthorIssandr El Amrani |


This is a song mixing Arabic (Lebanese and Iraqi) and Turkish about Ali, the fourth caliph. I'm looking forward to a sound that would list the twelve imams of Twelver Shiism, it would really help memorize them, but this one is useful too.

Via @IbnSiqilli.
DateDecember 10, 2009 at 11:17 AM Comment2 Comments

Reader Comments (2)

Hmmm!

I thought Turks are Sunni!!!

Dec 10, 2009 at 8:54 PM | Unregistered CommenterMo

[...] (My idea of hell is being locked in a room for eternity with only a Jay-Z record for company.) But The Arabist provides a reminder that rap is the real world music of our times.  [...]

Dec 15, 2009 at 12:25 PM | Unregistered CommenterHip-hop, Shia-style « Cl

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