So Existence Is Resistance’s Hip Hop delegation is complete! Yesterday, M1 of Dead Prez and Mazzi of S.O.U.L. Purpose Crew joined British emcee and playwright Low Key in Cairo. They now join the convoy and will make their way into Gaza where we plan to unite them with local Gazan Hip Hop artists, one being a member of PR Rapperz, whose father was murdered by a missile in January during the offensive in his front room as he went to pray. Below is Ayman’s latest blog post.
Back and forth to the airport
I finally got some sleep. Cynthia McKinney arrived this morning at
the Cairo airport she is determined more than ever to enter Gaza and
deliver supplies. She is very inspirational with her determination,
just last week her boat was seized by the Israelis and she was locked
up. They flew her out to the US and here she is again trying to
deliver supplies to Gaza.
I came to the airport to pick up British MP George Galloway and
British rapper Lowkey, they have arrived and entered Egypt. Some of
our people drove them to the hotel to settle down a bit. I have gone
to another terminal and am
waiting for two rap artist to arrive from NYC, M-1of Dead Prez and
Mazzi of S.O.U.L. Purpose. I will be guiding them and translating for
them.
We are trying to unite the foreign hip hop artists with some of their (Gaza’s) local artists. Perhaps even an exchange on stage along with the rappers on the convoy if time and Hamas permits us.
We will most likely spend the night in Cairo and start heading towards
Gaza tomorrow. I will try to update.
It was an unbelievable feeling for him, born on the Lower East Side and growing up most of his life in Carolina, Puerto Rico, Ale has never left this hemisphere. What a fantastic way to say “Adios” to NYC and “Merhaba” to the Middle East. What’s even better is that as a member of Existence Is Resistance, Alejandro has been directly involved with the Palestinian Rights struggle and intimately connected, going to Gaza is going to be a very spiritual experience for him, I just know it. Oh, and as if it wasn’t good enough, he’s riding next to New York City Councilman Charles Barron, who just a week ago lead us to the front of the Israeli Mission during a demonstration! EIR in da house!!! Here’s to you Ale, out of the 238 people on this amazing convoy, I can almost be positive that you’ll be the only one carrying the Puerto Rican flag aside the Palestinian one, que viva una Palestina libre!!!!