The Bohemian and The Bulbul: Journeys in the Middle East (and further east), by Mira Baz

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Posted on June 21, 2010 - by

“S O M A-ALIA”

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“S O M A – ALIA
Hope they hear us up in Africa
We here in Arabia
Hope you listening in America”

Yemeni-American rapper Hagage “AJ” Masaed performs the song “Somalia” along with Ricky, BD, and Mo50, during a show at the National Museum organized by UNHCR to mark World Refugee Day in Sanaa. Hip hop is a growing subculture among teenagers in the Yemeni capital.

(Click here to listen to AJ’s “No Terrorists Please” and here for more information on Somali refugees in Yemen).



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