from syria to paris music provides haven for ‘refugees of rap’
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From Syria to Paris, music provides haven for ‘Refugees of Rap’

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“Refugees of Rap,” brothers Yaser and Mohamed Jamous
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Staccato lyrics may be no match for Bashar Assad’s military firepower, but two brothers, who fled to Paris from Syria and perform as “Refugees of Rap,” find sniping with words a liberating experience.
Having grown up officially stateless in a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria, Yaser and Mohamed Jamous rap in Arabic about the war they have fled and their new life in France.
“We chose the name because for us, rap represents a country where we can say what we think,” Mohamed, 28, told AFP.
“And we’re seeking asylum there.”
Over a pounding beat, solemn music blending high piano keys and low violin tones, the brothers “spit,” or speak, the chorus in unison: “We have to wake up, stop dreaming. The time for silence is long gone, swept away by words.”
The lyrics are from their 2011 song “The Age of Silence,” one of the last they sung before fleeing Syria via Lebanon.
Performing their hip-hop at a Paris community center, the brothers said the song had been the “first time we dared speak up openly against the (Assad) regime” despite the risk in doing so.
“One word, and you got 20 years (in prison) or death. Here, we wanted to say that the time for silence is over.”
The duo were born and raised in the Yarmuk camp for Palestinian refugees on the outskirts of Damascus, which was once home to 160,000 people — including Syrians — but has been ravaged by fighting.
Yaser and Mohamed left Syria in early 2013 as fighting for control of the camp intensified.
The brothers created “Refugees of Rap” in 2007 with two friends, an Algerian and a Syrian, and were one of the first such groups to emerge out of Syria.
It now comprises just the two of them — the Syrian member refused to leave and the Algerian went to Germany.
Released in 2010, their first album recounts living in the overcrowded camp, as they advocate for the Palestinian cause.
Then, after 2011, the revolt provided inspiration.
They had completed eight tracks for the second album when they began receiving anonymous threats on social media.

Source: Arab News

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