UAE's hip-hop scene tries to find its place in a conservative country

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'There is no country that doesn't have rap ... but we're still seen as intruders.'

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Hassane 'Big Hass' Dennaoui, a Saudi host of a UAE-based radio show dedicated to hip-hop, poses for a picture at Akil cinema in the Gulf emirate of Dubai on June 17, 2020. Photo: AFP

And in a country made up of residents drawn from all over the world, and with little street culture to speak of, the hip hop scene has yet to find its"sound", he said. Before making its way to the Gulf, rap emerged as an art form in other Arab countries where performers defy censorship and repression to address sensitive political and social issues.

"Unlike in France, the US, Morocco, Egypt ... we don't have our own sound because we are more focused on foreign influences rather than our own creativity," SG said. "When I talk to a Palestinian rapper, they say how can we talk about love when I have an army tank on the roof of my house?" he told AFP at Dubai's independent Cinema Akil, a favourite hipster haunt.

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