Lak3y - Tounés 7orra ("Tunisia is Free")

Lak3y - Tounés 7orra ("Tunisia is Free")
تونس حرّة - لكعي
Tunisia
Released February 5, 2011
Source: http://fr-fr.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1602427216926

 Click here to download mp3

Arabic lyrics via Lak3y's Facebook page
Full Arabic lyrics and their English translation after the jump...

MC Swat - Freedom of Expression

MC Swat - Freedom of Expression

حرّية التعبير - ام سي سوات

Libya

Released December 16, 2011

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGzvfa_o22g

Click here for the mp3

Big thanks to @TasnimQ for introducing me to the song and translating it!

Arabic Lyrics adapted from those found on the انا ليبي وجوي مليح Facebook page.  

MC Swat's interview with Mercy Corps

L7a9ed (Haked) ft. Jihane - Baraka Men Skate ("No More Silence")

L7a9ed (Haked) ft. Jihane - Baraka Men Skate ("No More Silence")

الحاقد مع جهان - باركة من السكات / بركة من الصمت

Morocco

Released on April 11, 2011

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKDQaRjvSzM

Click here to download the mp3

Arabic lyrics via Mamfakinch. My English translation via Mamfakinch's Arabic lyrics and the French translation by Maria Karim of www.l7a9ed.com and @Freel7a9ed

Ibn Thabit ft. Junior - Libya: A Love Song

Ibn Thabit ft. Junior - Libya: A Love Song

ليبيا أغنية حب - ابن ثابت مع جونيور

Libya
Released February 18, 2011

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGmlreuUsaI

Click here to download the mp3

Big shout-out to @TasnimQ of Majjal for doing the English translation.

 Full Arabic lyrics and their English translation after the jump...

Syria: Anonymous - Communiqué #1 (Bayan Raqam Wahed)

Syria: Anonymous - Communiqué #1 (Bayan Raqam Wahed)

سوريا: بيان رقم واحد ("بيان رقم ١") - مطرب مجهول

Syria

Released on April 6, 2011

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu3hPPKzby8

Click here to download the mp3

For more on the complicated relationship between Syrian rap and the Syrian uprising, check out The Los Angeles Times here and Jackson Allers here and here.

Arabic lyrics adapted from this Facebook comment. English lyrics adapted from this YouTube video by CherieMo85.

Full Arabic lyrics and their English translation after the jump...

Syria: Bayan Raqam Ithnain ("Communiqué #2") - Anonymous

Syria: Anonymous - Communiqué #2 (Bayan Raqam Ithnain

سوريا: بيان رقم اثنين ("بيان رقم اثني ٢") - مطرب مجهول

Syria

 Released on May 5, 2011

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBtbIbmgVw8

Arabic lyrics adapted from a YouTube video by FreeSyrianGuy.

Full Arabic lyrics and their English translation after the jump...

Ibn Thabit - Benghazi II

Ibn Thabit - Benghazi II

ابن ثابت - بنغازي ٢

Libya

Released on April 7, 2011

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFdTYSdAr_A 

 Click here to download the mp3

Big shout-out to @TasnimQ of Majjal for her corrections.

Full Arabic lyrics with their English translation after the jump...

Ibn Thabit ft. MC Swat - Win or Die

Ibn Thabit ft. MC Swat - Win or Die

ابن ثابت مع امسي سوات - ننتصر أو نموت

Libya
Released June 8, 2011

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkfEEa9KkBg

Click here to download the mp3

(Click "Arabic" to turn off the Arabic subtitles and read the English subtitles)

Full lyrics and translation after the jump...

Ramallah Underground - From the Cave

Ramallah Underground - From the Cave

رام الله تحت الأرض - من الكهف

Palestine

Released in 2007

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKqzqkpUY9A

Click here to download the mp3

Many thanks to Chris at Arabic Song Lyrics in Translation for finding the lyrics, doing the translation, and letting me use both on my site. 

Full lyrics and translation below the jump...

Arabian Knightz ft. Lana - Fokkak

Arabian Knightz ft. Lana - Fokkak ("Unwind Yourself")

الفرسان العرب مع لانا - فكّك

Egyptٍ

Released on June 16, 2007 (click here for the release promo)

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhrqFUmb3Tc

Shout out to noonHere8 for uploading this YouTube video with the Arabic lyrics.

NOTE: My translation is a rough draft for now - corrections are welcome!

NOTE: Wondering where Hoss (Hossam L Hossainy) went after he left Arabian Knightz? Check out this Hot Arabic Music article. Short answer: Hoss went mainstream while the Knightz stayed underground.

Full lyrics and translation after the jump...

Dania Ben Sassi - A Revolutionary Amazigh Song

Dania Ben Sassi - A Revolutionary Amazigh Song

Libya

Released June 7, 2011

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJEvMWb1H7M

This song isn't hip hop...or Arabic...or particularly timely (what with the overthrow of Gaddafi and all). But it's quite a good song. Simply singing in Tamazight (a.k.a. the Berber language), which Gaddafi's regime outlawed, was a pretty revolutionary act.

Lotfi Double Kanon - 7oukouma

Lotfi Double Kanon - 7oukouma ("The Government")

حكومة - لطفي دوبل كانون

Released in 2010

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye6qV0CkhTQ

Click here to download the mp3

MASSIVE shout out to @DZCalling, who pretty much translated the entire song for me. Thanks!

Lotfi Double Kanon - Ga3da Fel Bléd (Remix 2010)

Lotfi Double Kanon - Ga3da Fel Bléd (Remix 2010)

القعدة في البلاد (ريميكس) - لطفي دوبل كانون

Released in 2010

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SHSTnmYdz0

Click here to download the mp3

Huge shout out to Aliciaah of allthelyrics.com for her translation and help with the song and to @DZCalling for his corrections in the comments (I <3 corrections!)

Ahmed Rock, Revolution Records - Change is Forbidden

Ahmed Rock, Revolution Records - Change is Forbidden

أحمد روك، رافولوشان راكوردز - ممنوع من التغيير

Released January 20, 2011

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dww_RmWz_MA

Click here to download the mp3

Full Arabic lyrics and their English translation after the jump!

Down With Military Rule - Ahmed Rock, Revolution Records

Down With Military Rule - Ahmed Rock, Revolution Records
Yasqot 7okm Al 3asskar - يسقط حكم العسكر

Egypt
Released on November 16, 2011

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfGz3DR7ChU

Click here to download the mp3

Note: this is my first draft, so corrections are welcome!

Full Arabic and English Lyrics after the jump...

Malikah - ya imra2a ("Woman")

Malikah - ya imra2a ("Woman")

ملكة - يا امرأة

Performed on March 7, 2008

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcQrdSxchuk

Click here to download the mp3

English lyrics and Arabic lyrics via the Goethe Institute's translatinghiphop.de - check it out!

Click here for Mashallah News' interview with Malikah

Full English and Arabic lyrics after the jump...

Rayess Bek - Herbes Folles ("Crazy Weeds")

Rayess Bek - Herbes Folles ("Crazy Weeds")

ريّس بيك - Herbes Folles

Lebanon
Released in 2010

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Te9lNxbqk

Click here to download the mp3

English lyrics and French lyrics via the Goethe Institute's translatinghiphop.de - check it out! Thank you as well to Ugo Tovil for his corrections to the Italian chorus and the English translation of it in the comments.

Click here for Mashallah News' interview with Rayess Bek

Full English and French/Italian lyrics after the jump...

Rayess Bek - I'm Speaking in Silence

Rayess Bek - I'm Speaking in Silence

ريّس بيك - عم بحكي بالسكوت

Released in 2003

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEKvt6tFk6U

Click here to download the mp3

English lyrics and Arabic lyrics via the Goethe Institute's translatinghiphop.de - check it out!

Click here for Mashallah News' interview with Rayess Bek

Full English and Arabic lyrics after the jump...

Shadia Mansour and M-1 - The Kufiya is Arab

Shadia Mansour and M-1 - The Kufiya is Arab

 M-1 الكوفية عربية - شادية منصور و

Palestine and the United States
Released on June 30, 2010

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paQAdTElChM
Click here to download mp3

Big shout-out to Daydream and VivaPalestina at AllTheLyrics.com for the English translation.

Full Arabic and English Lyrics after the jump...

Revolution Records - Wa2t El Thawrageya (وقت الثورجية)

Revolution Records - Wa2t El Thawrageya

Revolution Records - وقت الثورجية

Released on January 19, 2011

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52Xr9OS7o48

Click here to download the mp3

Arabic lyrics courtesy of eslameltfateh

Note: this translation is a ROUGH draft. Corrections are welcome, so visit the Universal Subtitles page or allthelyrics.com page or email me at ulysses [dot] rap [at] gmail.com to help.

 Full Arabic lyrics and their English translation after the jump:

Ahmed Mekky - 25 January

Ahmed Mekky - 25 January

أحمد مكي - ٢٥ يناير

Released on February 8, 2011

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F87iGzPyeKM
Right-click here and to download the mp3

Check out Hanitizer's excellent write-up on Ahmed Mekky's background on Hot Arabic Music.

*Asterisks highlight words or sections I'm not sure about. Corrections welcome!
Arabic lyrics courtesy of Hanitizer at Hot Arabic Music. 

Full Arabic and English Lyrics after the jump...

El Général - Rais lebled

El Général - Rais lebled

رئيس البلاد - الجنرال

Released on November 10, 2010

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jdE_LpmAIQ

Click here to download the mp3 (via Music Meltdown)
Click here to read my in-depth post on El Général, Hip Hop, and the Tunisian Revolution

My corrections to my lyrics and translation are based off of Nouri Gana's in Jadaliyya
Full Arabic and English Lyrics after the jump...

Ibn Thabit - Ms. Revolution

Ibn Thabit - Ms. Revolution
 آنسة الثوار - ابن ثابت
Released on June 28, 2011
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylrZ0JzjQr8
QuickTime version (right-click to download mp3)
Note: this is a rough draft - the lyrics and translation need correction (help welcome!)

 
*Asterisks highlight words or sections I'm not sure about. Corrections welcome!
Full Arabic and English Lyrics after the jump...

Ramy Donjewan - Message to Tantawi

 Ramy Donjewan - Message to Tantawi

رسالة للمشير طنطاوي - رامي دنجوان

Released on July 16, 2011

Source: http://swedenburg.blogspot.com/2011/07/no-scaf-rap-message-to-tantawi-by-ramy.html

(Click here to download the mp3)

Arabic lyrics courtesy of mazikawbas

*Asterisks highlight words or sections I'm not sure about. Corrections welcome!
Full Arabic and English Lyrics after the jump...

Ibn Thabit - Shayateen al Inss

Ibn Thabit - Shayateen al Inss
 شياطين الإنس - ابن ثابت
Released on April 4, 2011
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFwkEDG92mg
QuickTime version (right-click to download mp3)


Big shout-out to @TasnimQ of Majjal for her help with the translation.
*Asterisks highlight words or sections I'm not sure about. Corrections welcome!
Full Arabic and English Lyrics after the jump...

Ibn Thabit - Libya Is

Ibn Thabit - Libya Is
ليبيا هي - ابن ثابت
Libya
Released March 27, 2011
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axcbkzx2kIA
QuickTime version (right-click to download)


Big shout-out to @TasnimQ of Majjal for her help with the translation.
*Asterisks highlight words or sections I'm not sure about. Corrections welcome!
Full Arabic and English Lyrics after the jump...

Ibn Thabit - Benghazi

Ibn Thabit - Benghazi
Released on August 20, 2001
Source:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJMRHwYeiQ0
QuickTime version (right-click to download mp3)

Big shout-out to @TasnimQ of Majjal for her help with the translation.
*Asterisks highlight words or sections I'm not sure about. Corrections welcome!
Full Arabic and English Lyrics after the jump...

Ibn Thabit - Tripoli Calling

Ibn Thabit - Tripoli Calling

Released on March 8, 2011

Source: http://www.universalsubtitles.org/en/videos/q8rgYqrytaUP/

QuickTime version (right-click to download mp3)

Translation based off work by @ChangeInLibya and others (thanks!) on Universal Subtitles

*Asterisks highlight words or sections I'm not sure about. Corrections welcome!

Full Arabic and English Lyrics after the jump...

Ibn Thabit - The Question

Ibn Thabit - The Question

السؤال - ابن ثابت
Released on January 27, 2011
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_9pBiwS2lI
QuickTime version (right-click to download)

Big shout-out to @TasnimQ of Majjal for her translation, which I've modified slightly and added here.

*Asterisks highlight words or sections I'm not sure about. Corrections welcome!

Full Arabic and English Lyrics after the jump...

Ibn Thabit ft. Junior - Martyrs

Ibn Thabit ft. Junior - Martyrs
Released on March 3, 2011
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_MHalNiTHQ
QuickTime version (right-click to download mp3)


Big shout-out to aimenessa10 for doing the translation for Ibn Thabit on YouTube.
*Asterisks highlight words or sections I'm not sure about. Corrections welcome!
Full Arabic and English Lyrics after the jump...

Ibn Thabit - Hallucination Pills

Ibn Thabit - Hallucination Pills

حبوب الهلوسه - ابن ثابت

Released on March 17, 2011

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT5fXwH1jKQ

QuickTime version (right-click to download mp3)

Big shout-out to @TasnimQ of Majjal for the translation, which I modified slightly and put in "British English."

*Asterisks highlight words or sections I'm not sure about. Corrections welcome!

Full Arabic and English Lyrics after the jump...

Ramy Donjewan - Against the Government

Ramy Donjewan - Against the Government
ضدّ الحكومة - رامي دنجوان

Released on January 7, 2011
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwai6oTAcMM
Download (courtesy of EnoughGaddafi.com)

Full Arabic and English Lyrics after the jump...

El Général and Mr. Shooma - Tahya Tunis

El Général and Mr. Shooma - Tahya Tunis
Tunisia
Released on January 23, 2011
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyKFH2rDl1c
Click here to download the mp3

Arabic lyrics courtesy of Youtube user microegypt 

Full Arabic and English Lyrics after the jump...

Ibn Thabit - Libyan Warrior Song

Ibn Thabit - Libyan Warrior Song
نشيد المجاهد الليبي - ابن ثابت

Libya
Released on March 18, 2011
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK-C0CrB--g
QuickTime version (right-click to download)

Big shout-out to @TasnimQ of Majjal for doing the English translation.

*Asterisks highlight words or sections I'm not sure about. Corrections welcome!

Full Arabic and English Lyrics after the jump...

Ibn Thabit - Shukrun

Ibn Thabit - Shukrun
Released on April 25, 2011
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDj1SycnYr8
QuickTime version (right-click to download)


Big shout-out to @TasnimQ of Majjal for her help with the translation.
*Asterisks highlight words or sections I'm not sure about. Corrections welcome!
Full Arabic and English Lyrics after the jump...

Ibn Thabit - Misrata

Ibn Thabit - Misrata
Released on April 18, 2011

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkUcGhoy6RI
QuickTime version (right-click to download)

Big shout-out to @TasnimQ of Majjal for her help with the translation.

*Asterisks highlight words or sections I'm not sure about. Corrections welcome!
Full Arabic and English Lyrics after the jump...

Ibn Thabit - Lookin for Freedom

Ibn Thabit - Lookin for Freedom
ابن ثابت - يدوّر في الحريّة
Libya
Released on December 7, 2010
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELjLtCaPib8
QuickTime version (right-click to download)
 

 Big shout-out to @TasnimQ of Majjal for her help with the translation.

*Asterisks highlight words or sections I'm not sure about. Corrections welcome!
Full Arabic lyrics and their English translation after the jump...

Ibn Thabit - Calling the Libyan Youth

Ibn Thabit - Calling the Libyan Youth

ابن ثابت - نداء لشباب ليبيا
Released on February 14, 2011

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aojjN96r2dk 

QuickTime link (right-click to download)

English lyrics adapted from Ibn Thabit's translation.

*Asterisks highlight words or sections I'm not sure about. Corrections welcome!
Full Arabic and English lyrics after the jump...