From ouds to rap

On my way back home on the bus from the old city tonight, two men sitting next to me took out their ouds and had a little jam session in the back of the bus the whole way home. They were pretty good too! I love the Middle East.

I asked if it would be all right to take a picture:


Also, some other good news, I got an internship!

I'll be working under a professor at the Truman Institute with her project on Palestinian youth culture-specifically the Palestinian hip-hop and rap scene.

The professor is good friends with G-Town and Saz, and hopefully I'll get to meet them too. Look them up on myspace.com music-they're really good. Also, check out DAM, The Philistines, Sabreena da Witch (Abeer), and P.R. The Palestinian Rapperz.

Jordan, working for you was the best idea ever.