Palestinian rappers live to the beat of conflict
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With their baggy clothes, stylized   gesticulations on stage, and love of heavy bass rhythms, they   look and sound like rappers the world over. But Mohammed   al-Fara and his band live to a uniquely Palestinian beat.
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all too often innocents â-ie daily. Reformers and warlords challenge Yasser Arafat as chaos and anarchy envelop the Palestinian Authority.
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GAZA CITY -- The batteries are the size of a button on a man's shirt, small silvery dots that power hearing aids for several hundred Palestinian students taught by the Atfaluna Society for Deaf Children in Gaza City.
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From clothes to kicks to the liquor they sip, rappers are label connoisseurs. With their attention to trends in both play and work, it's no surprise that they are record label conscious too.
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As members of Long Island&#39;s tiny Palestinian community absorbed the news of the death of Yasser Arafat Thursday, many spoke reverently of a man who had given the disposessed Palestinian people a voice.
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The mass outpouring of grief at Yasser Arafatâs burial Friday was a powerful assertion of continued Palestinian defiance in the face of Israelâs brutal military occupation.
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Palestinians are utterly consumed by the fate of the 26-year-old man who will compete in Lebanon in the final of the televised contest to be named the Arab worldÂs finest singer.
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Rival Palestinian factions are putting on a show of unity today in the Gaza Strip, as concern mounts over Yasser Arafat. Representatives of 13 Palestinian factions, including the two Islamic militant groups
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AR-RAM, West Bank  - As Palestinians trudge across  a barbed-wire passage leading to Jerusalem from the West Bank  city of Ramallah, hawkers and taxi drivers greet them with a  din of multilingual chants.
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TONY EASTLEY: Since the death last month of Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat there&#39;s been a relative lull in violence against Israeli forces in the occupied territories.
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A new Mideast radio station is attracting both Palestinians and Israelis. How a format created during South Africaâs apartheid era is offering a fresh forum in a troubled region.
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BEACH REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip - Palestinian painter Fayez al-Hasni is in a situation most artists would envy. At 52, he has launched a genre that has brought him fame and fortune.
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As young Afrikaners strive to to move past their ancestors' racist legacy, a pop song strikes a chord.
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SALFIT, West Bank -- Worn down by four years of bloody conflict with Israel, Palestinians found a welcome diversion yesterday: Watching Ammar Hassan, one of their own, compete for the title of best singer in the Arab world.
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Over the years, Yasser Arafat was the subject of some pretty bad jokes. When he returned to the Gaza Strip in triumph in 1994 after the PLO signed the Oslo peace accords with Israel, Palestinians
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Libyan singer Ayman al-Aathar has won a Middle East pop contest, edging out Palestinian Ammar Hassan. The Super Star competition was started by the Lebanese TV station Future Television and is filmed in Beirut.
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HEBRON, West Bank  - With the al-Hussein public   high school shut down because of a teachers' strike,   Palestinian student Razi al-Juneidi, 17, idles away his free   time with other frustrated teens on the pavement outside.