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...

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...

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...

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...

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...