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Black Gaza artists fight racism with music

Black Palestinians in the Gaza Strip still suffer racism, but the artistic community has a musical response.

Ahmed Saleh and Al-Badia band performing the Palestinian dabkeh and daha during a show held by the Tarabin Bedouin tribe, al-Maghazi area in the central Gaza Strip, April 2021.
Ahmed Saleh and Al-Badia band performing the Palestinian dabkeh and daha during a show held by the Tarabin Bedouin tribe, al-Maghazi area in the central Gaza Strip, April 2021.

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