Ahmed Rock, Revolution Records - I'm Not a Number

Ahmed Rock, Revolution Records - Ana Msh 3adad ("I'm Not a Number")

أحمد روك ،  الثورجية - أنا مش عدد

Egypt

Released on June 14, 2012

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oly4L50otwk

Click here to download the mp3

Huge shout-out to Ahmed Rock for putting the Arabic and English subtitles into the YouTube video. Videos like this are just about my favorite thing in the world. 

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

Malik L - Bulletproof Farmala, Part 1

Malik L - Bulletproof Farmala, Part 1

مالك الـ - الفرملة ضد الرصاص

Libya

Released in April, 2012

Source: http://www.reverbnation.com/artist/artist_songs/1242813

Click here to download the mp3

Shout out to my homie Malik L for putting the Arabic lyrics up on ReverbNation and touching up my translation.

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

MC Amin - The Revolution Continues

MC Amin - The Revolution Continues

ام سي أمين - El Thawra Mostamera - الثورة مستمر

الواضع لازم يتغير ٤ - The Situation Must Change, Part 4

Egypt

Released on February 16, 2012

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zOAVAE2RnY

Click here to download the mp3

Shout out to moh7 of the rap-rc.com forums for the Arabic lyrics. The English lyrics are a modified version of the ones MC Amin put in the YouTube video.

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

Boikutt - Letter from Boikutt

Boikutt - Letter from Boikutt

مقاطعة - رسالة من مقاطعة

Palestine

Released on March 17, 2010

 Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVMMq-lcBw0

Lyrics courtesy of Rayya El Zain, Boikutt, and Loubna Bilali in Shahadat's Winter 2012 issue (16 professionally translated Arabic rap songs with English and Arabic side-by-side!)

DAM ft. Juliano's Students - Juliano's Way

DAM ft. Juliano's Students - Juliano's Way

دام مع طلاب جوليانو - طريق جوليانو

Palestine

Released on April 4, 2012

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwz4GpJZ6tQ

Click here to visit DAM's official website
Click here to read Ted Swedenburg's write-up about the song

Massive respect to DAM for putting the translation's text and subtitles in their original YouTube video. Arabic Lyrics from DAM's website.

Malik L - Libyan Soup

Malik L - Libyan Soup

مالكـ لـ - الشربة الليبية 

Libya

Released in December, 2011

Video released on April 12, 2012

 Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxtFcO9xEbk

Click here to download the mp3 
Click here and here to read recipes for Libyan soup

Huge shout out to Malik L for putting the Arabic lyrics up in the YouTube video and kindly correcting my English translation.

Torabyeh ft. Husam Abed - Ghorbah

Torabyeh ft. Husam Abed - Ghorbah ("Alienation")
غربة - ترابية مع حسام عبد
Jordan

Released on February 13, 2012
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zGnGeiMun8
Click here to download the mp3

Mad props to Torabyeh for writing out the Arabic lyrics and the English translation themselves!

Click here to read Jackson Allers's piece about Torabyeh at World Hip Hop Market.

Revolution Records - Kazeboon ("Liars")

Revolution Records (Mezo TeMraz, C-Zar, and Ahmed Rock) - Kazeboon ("Liars")

كاذبون - الثورجية

Egypt

Released January 22, 2012

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h0KPtc-Dqc

Click here to download the mp3

Full text of the Arabic lyrics and their translation coming soon, but just check the video for now.

Word to Revolutionary Records for doing something I've always wanted to do but never easily could: putting Arabic and English subtitles side by side

Emad Ghavidel & Hamed Fard - The Battle For Homs

Emad Ghavidel & Hamed Fard - The Battle For Homs (Farsi)
معركة حمص - عماد قویدل وحمد فرد

Iran

Released February 17, 2012

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXrRHjL5KTg

Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/EmadGhavidel
Click here to download the mp3
Shout-out to Arabic Song Lyrics and Translations for the English and Farsi Lyrics

The English translation and my Arabic translation of it after the jump...

الترجمة الإنجليزية وترجمتي منها إلى اللغة العربية موجودة تحت هنا

Soultana - Sawt Nssa ("The Voice of Women")

Soultana - Sawt Nssa ("The Voice of Women")

صوت النساء - سلطانة

Morocco

Released in early 2010. Single re-released on May 2, 2011. Video released on August 8, 2011

  Source: http://www.mtviggy.com/videos/soultana-sawt-nssa/

Click here to download the mp3 from iTunes

 Note: Soultana is a member of the group Tigresse Flow. Sawt Nssa is her first solo single.
Jihad Against Jihad Against Jihad by Kendra Saloi, May 2013

Common Breath's interview with Soultana, February 18, 2012

Afropop's interview with Soultana, May 2011

Soultana's New York Debut, May 6, 2011

Reuters' article about Tigresse Flow, August 31, 2009

Qantara's article about Tigresse Flow, June 29, 2007

 I can't find the Arabic Lyrics (let me know if you do). English translation after the jump...

Assad Edin ft. Mauro - Révolution?

Assad Edin ft. Mauro - Révolution?

الثورة؟ - أسد الدين مع مورو

 Morocco

Released January 17, 2012

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_Y0wmbLzLo

  Assad Edin's Myspace page

Big shout out to Marouane Alilou for asking me to translate the song and correcting my translation of the lyrics
Arabic/French/Moroccan Darija Lyrics and their English translation after the jump...

Sabreena Da Witch - Where No One's There

Sabreena Da Witch - Wein Ma Fi 7ada

(Abeer Alzinaty) - ("Where No One's There")

Palestine

Video released on March 16, 2011

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsw6Qe-vUxM

Wein Ma Fi 7ada - Sabreena Da Witch - Official Music Video from Benjamin Baker-Lee on Vimeo.

Abeer's interview with Diana Stern in The Bohemian, March 2011
Ghadeer Malek's interview with Abeer in Sawt al Niswa, August 2010
Electronic Intifada's interview with Abeer about her new album, April 2010
Abeer's blog post about fighting "a personal occupation," May 2009
Electronic Intifada's 2004 article about Abeer's firing from a McDonald's for speaking Arabic

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

Ibn Thabit ft. Junior - The Western Mountains

Ibn Thabit ft. Junior - The Western Mountains

الجبل الغربي - ابن ثابت مع جونيور

Libya

Released on May 2, 2011

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfeixCk2XLo

Click here to download the mp3

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

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

Ibn Thabit ft. Salah Ghaly - Mabrook al Horria

Ibn Thabit ft. Salah Ghaly - Mabrook al Horria
مبورك الحريّة - ابن ثابت مع صلح غالي
Libya
Released on September 13, 2011
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acgXjsF0JYY
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 and MC Swat - No Doubt

Ibn Thabit and MC Swat - No Doubt

لا شكّ - ابن ثابت و سوات

Libya

Released September 28, 2011

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

Click here to download the mp3

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

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

El Rass - The Volcano of Beirut

El Rass - The Volcano of Beirut

بركان بيروت - السيّد الرأس

Lebanon

Released in December 2011 (from the upcoming album "Kachf el Mahjoub")

Source: http://soundcloud.com/el-rass-the-head/borkan-beirut

Click here to download the mp3

Lyrics courtesy of Rayya El Zain, Nizar Ghanem, & Shadia Mansour in Shahadat's Winter 2012 issue (16 professionally translated Arabic rap songs with English and Arabic side-by-side. Check it out!

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

ModyRap (Mohamed Osama) - There's No Going Back

ModyRap (Mohamed Osama) - There's No Going Back

(ما فيش رجوع - مودي راب (محمد أسامة

Egypt

Released on November 21, 2011

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6ZMvTIzkQg
Click here to download the mp3 

Click here for more on Egyptian hip hop and the anti-SCAF uprising of November 2011

 Huge shout-out to QabilaTV for producing the YouTube video and putting the Arabic lyrics and English subtitles in it. This was the easiest song translation post that I've ever done!

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

Arabian Knightz ft. Shadia Mansour - Prisoner

Arabian Knightz ft. Shadia Mansour - Prisoner 
السجين - الفرسان العرب مع شادية منصور - Not Your Prisoner

Egypt and Palestine

 Released on February 4, 2011

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=schIdC3LdLk

Click here to download the mp3

Lyrics courtesy of Rayya El Zain, Nizar Ghanem, & Shadia Mansour in Shahadat's Winter 2012 issue (16 professionally translated Arabic rap songs with English and Arabic side-by-side. Check it out!)

Interview with Rush, Common Breath Media, July 22, 2010

Common Breath's video interview with Sphinx about the release of "Prisoner," May 1, 2011

HipHop DX's interview with Rush, February 1, 2011

Interview with MC Amin and Arabian Knightz, Al Jazeera English, May 7, 2011

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

Lotfi Double Kanon - Cha3b Krah ("The People are Fed Up")

Lotfi Double Kanon - Cha3b Krah ("The People are Fed Up")

الشعب كره - لطفي دوبل كانون ،Chaab Krah

Algeria

Released in 2009

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYVwAwk7FZU

Click here to download the mp3

Huge shout-out to @DZCalling and @oranaise for their help with the translation. They are awesome and cool. Arabic lyrics credit goes to MoCh-aX of forum.ngaous.net.

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