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Heralded by the major French newspaper Le Monde as "the spokesman of a new generation," DAM, the first Palestinian hip hop crew and among the first to rap in Arabic, began working together in the late 1990s. Struck by the uncanny resemblance of the reality of the streets in a Tupac video to the streets in their own neighborhood of Lyd, Tamer Nafar, Suhell Nafar, Mahmoud Jreri were inspired to tell their stories through hip hop.
After their timely song "Min Irhabi" ("Who's the terrorist") was downloaded over a million times shortly after its internet release in 2001, DAM became a household name among youth throughout the Middle East.
Ten years of performing all over the world has strengthened DAM's commitment to continue living in their hometown of Lyd, working to provide the youth of the city and neighboring communities with programs and opportunities that have otherwise been denied to Palestinian citizens of Israel.