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Emran Feroz is an Afghan-Austrian journalist currently based in Stuttgart, Germany. He is regularly writing from Afghanistan, often focusing on the Middle East, Central Asia, drone warfare, refugee policies and human rights. Emran is writing in both German and English. His work has already appeared in international media outlets such as Al Jazeera, The Intercept, Alternet, The Atlantic or the New York Times and in various German and Austrian news papers and magazines.
A Revolutionary Rapper Talks About Global Injustice
This is a worth-hearing special episode of Jeremy Scahill's Intercepted with Chicago-based rapper Vic Mensa.
Mensa has witnessed injustice from the United States to Palestine, the latter of which he recently visited personally.
And his lyrics are highly political.
Regarding the situation in Israel and Palestine, Mensa says the following:
The Palestinian was the nigga, you know what I’m saying? My American passport had ironically given me like a higher social status in the old city of Jerusalem than it does in Chicago, you know what I’m saying? So, I’m watching from the outside looking in and I’m like, “Oh, so it’s not me this time.”
Mensa visited Palestine together with American poet Aja Monet. In my opinion, it is important how he connects the dots from the personal injustice he witnessed in the US, especially in terms of police violence in Chicago, with those of Palestinians' experiences in the Middle East.
This is something you rarely hear, especially if you consider the Israel–Palestine debate in many European countries. In fact, that's reason enough to listen to Mensa.
