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Ms. ABIR (Palestinian Rapper): I'm Mahmoud's cousin and Tamer and Suhell are my best friends.
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Ms. ABIR: Both from the Israeli and Palestine side, like, DAM are the most famous artist now, today, especially when it comes to hip-hop.
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Jackie Salloum and one of the artists in the film, named Abir(ph), stopped by the BPP studios the other day and talked with me about the project.
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Ms. ABIR: Well, when I went to photography school and my video was shown with different Israeli students the first reaction was like, this is too violent.
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Ms. ABIR: First of all, this is my favorite music.
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Abir Kopty, spokeswoman for the Popular Struggle Co-ordination Committee, a Palestinian activist group, tweeted that six people had been injured during the eviction and had been taken to hospital.
BBC: Israel evicts tent protesters at West Bank E1 settlement
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"We have set up 20 tents, and have enough equipment to stay here for a long time, " Abir Kopty, spokeswoman for the Popular Struggle Co-ordination Committee, told AFP news agency.
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Ms. ABIR: I always wanted to be a musician.
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Ms. ABIR: I mean, you know they could be upset, but you know, with time you realize there is nothing much you can do, and it depends actually on the person, which is me.
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Ms. ABIR: When they had a tour with this project and with this song, it was really hard for me to be in the audience, sitting like I'm part of the crowd, and my voice is being played.
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