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Chen Lo & the Liberation Family tour the Middle East/North Africa with the...
Photo credit: Frank Stewart for Jazz at Lincoln Center My peoples Chen Lo and the Liberation Family just returned from an incredible tour of the Middle East and North Africa, sponsored by the US...
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US State Dept. sends Chen Lo to Vietnam
After a successful t our of the Middle East and North Africa , the US State Dept. has dispatched Hip Hop ambassador Chen Lo on a tour of Vietnam. From Vietnam News US consulate sponsors hip-hop...
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Obama sends Muslim country singer to Middle East
From my friends at Layalina Productions The Sound of Music and Public Diplomacy A statement released by the Department of State in April revealed that the Obama administration is providing funding...
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Cynthia & Malikah in Alexandria
Cultural diplomacy expert, former ambassador to the Netherlands, and Hip Hop Diplomacy advisor-at-large, Cynthia Schneider , was in Alexandria 2 weeks ago for the Bibliotheca’s conference: Initiatives...
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When State comes up short, Chen Lo makes it happen
Lebanon’s Brooklyn, NYC Peeps: The Lo Frequency make good in Beirut By jackson allers In late October, the Brooklyn-based live hip-hop outfit Chen Lo and the Liberation Family – known now as The Lo...
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An Embrace of the U.S., Spun and Mixed by Iraqis
Joseph Sywenkyj for The New York Times BAGHDAD — With his New York Yankees jersey, baggy jeans embroidered with “U.S.A.” down one leg and his casual greeting of “What’s up?”, Ali Jabbar, a rapper and...
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Leveraging Hip Hop in US foreign policy
From Al Jazeera and the longer article, “Race, Rap, and Raison d’Etat” by Hisham Aidi. The US government wants to improve its tarnished image abroad by sending out ‘hip hop envoys’ [GALLO/GETTY] In...
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The cauldron: Islam and Hip-Hop in Europe
A comprehensive overview of the state of Hip Hop Diplomacy across the pond from one of my most admired mentors, Dr. Hisham Aidi (via one of my favorite observers of the Arab street, Jackson Allers...
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