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Iron Sheik

About Me

Using hip-hop as his medium, the Iron Sheik relays informed views on the Palestinian movement for independence, the war on terrorism, US foreign policy in general, the Arab world, and growing up Arab-American. Since releasing his first album, 'Camel Clutch 2003,' he has toured nationally, and performed internationally.He dropped a second album, 'Yet We Remain,' in the fall of 2004. He is working currently on a major project.Media as diverse as CNN, the New York Times, BBC, Rolling Stone (France), the Daily Star (Lebanon), and Egypt's Nile TV covered the Sheik's work.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/15/2006
Band Website: www.ironsheik.biz
Influences: Um Kulthoum, Rima of OC, Fairuz, Marcel Khalife, Abdel-Halim, Rahbani, Public Enemy, Tribe, the Beatles, Boot Camp, Slum Village, Jay D (RIP), Excentrik, J Harb, Head-Roc, NOMADS, Philistines, DAM, French MC's, Halim El-Dabh, Invincible.Edward Said (RIP), Samih Farsoun (RIP), Hisham Sharabi (RIP), Jeff Mendez (RIP), Ilan Pappe, Walid Khalidi, Hannah Arendt, Gandhi, Tutu, MI FAMILIA, Khaled B., Rao, Nadia S., my ex, the Shami's, Nadim, Omar, George F., Big A, Song, Anuj, jojo, Big Trev, Nabeel, Badr, Samantha, and so many others.
Sounds Like: No one
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Come out to DC for the June 10th protest

Come out for the June 10th protest in Washington, DC
Posted by on Sun, 27 May 2007 14:15:00 GMT