DAM, Palestinian hip-hop group

Heralded by the major French newspaper Le Monde as “the spokesman of a new generation” DAM is a Palestinian hip-hop group. It was founded in 1999 by brothers Tamer and Suhell Nafar and their friend Mahmoud Jreri. The group raps primarily in Arabic, but it also raps in English and Hebrew.

Their lyrics are protest-driven, and their songs mainly talk about fighting oppression, the Israeli occupation, racism, poverty and women's rights.