Tamer Nafar at Columbia: 'I sing in Arabic to protect our women'
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When radical leftists accused Palestinian rapper Tamer Nafar of enabling Islamophobic narratives by singing about honor killings, he replied that his critics do so in English for their English professors; he sings in Arabic for his people to protect women.
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As told 3
“You who criticize me, you do this in English to get points from your English professors. I in my country, I sing in Arab to protect our women.”
“when you criticize me, you criticize my own community in english to impress your radical professors. i sing in arabic to protect the women in my own hood.”
“when you criticize me you criticize my own community in English to impress your radical professors I sing in Arabic to protect the women in my own hood”
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Karl-Heinz Dellwo1Jamil Khader1Tamer Nafar3Ruth Klüger2Shulamit Aloni1Percy Bysshe Shelley1Ken Livingstone1Frank Capra1
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Every retelling 3
When radical leftists accused Palestinian rapper Tamer Nafar of enabling Islamophobic narratives by singing about honor killings, he replied that his critics do so in English for their English professors; he sings in Arabic for his people to protect women., illustrating Palestinian feminism,authentic political engagement,double blackmail
Palestinian-Israeli rapper Tamer Nafar, after performing a song protesting honor killings, was accused by American anti-Zionist students of promoting the Zionist view of Palestinians as barbaric. His reply: 'When you criticize me, you criticize my own community in English to impress your radical professors. I sing in Arabic to protect the women in my own hood.', illustrating tension between anti-imperialism and feminist/gay rights,multiculturalist defense covering internal antagonisms,pseudo-radicalism
Palestinian rapper Tamer Nafar fights both Israeli oppression and honor killings in his own community. At a US campus talk, pseudo-radical leftists accused him of collaborating with the oppressor by criticizing honor killings. His response: 'When you criticize me you criticize my own community in English to impress your radical professors, I sing in Arabic to protect the women in my own hood.', illustrating patronizing leftism,universality of struggle,multiculturalism vs. universal rights