The Camps'': 1 the Emergence of Palestinian Rap in Lebanon, a New
”Welcome to the Camps”: 1 The Emergence of Palestinian Rap in Lebanon, a New Social and Political Song Nicolas Puig To cite this version: Nicolas Puig. ”Welcome to the Camps”: 1 The Emergence of Palestinian Rap in Lebanon, a New Social and Political Song. Muhammad Ali Khalidi. Manifestations of Identity, The Lived Reality of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon, Institute for Palestine Studies ; IFPO, pp.107-122, 2010, ISBN 978-9953-453-35-4. hal-02957782 HAL Id: hal-02957782 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02957782 Submitted on 5 Oct 2020 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Chapter 7 “Welcome to the Camps”:1 The Emergence of Palestinian Rap in Lebanon, a New Social and Political Song Nicolas Puig ombining the festive and aesthetic dimensions of protest, rap is now blossoming among a category of young Palestinians Cas a powerful vector channeling political and social messages. Still confidential and sometimes condemned, this form of music represents a special mode of expression related to the new generation, which stands out in the current cultural landscape. Indeed, the emergence of Palestinian rap in Lebanon and in Arab countries generally, raises the question of the appearance of a cultural activity characterized by a sense of strangeness and distinctiveness.2 As one of the cultural activities anchored in the city, rap testifies to the urbanity of the individual and constitutes a matrix of neighborhood and refugee camp representations.
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