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'''Will Youmans''' (born in Detroit, MI in 1978) is a [[Palestinian American]] |
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writer, activist and hip-hop artist. |
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He received degrees from the [[University of Michigan]], Ann Arbor and the |
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[[University of California, Berkeley]]. |
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Youmans is an outspoken advocate for the cause of [[Palestinian]] human |
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rights and a critic of American foreign policy in the Middle East. He |
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has written extensively in various media outlets, including The |
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[[Michigan Daily]], [[Daily Californian]], [[Counterpunch]] and The Arab American |
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News. |
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He authored chapters in two anthologies alongside many prominent |
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progressive academics and journalists: Civil Rights in Peril and The |
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Politics of Anti-Semitism. His writing will be featured in an |
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Encyclopedia of Social Justice and a book on Arab-American art in 2007. |
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Youmans was also one of the early student leaders of campus [[divestment]] |
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campaigns targeting [[Israeli apartheid]]. |
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Youmans hosts a blog, [http://kabobfest.blogspot.com KABOBfest], along with other Arab Americans. It |
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tackles current affairs and news relevant to Arab-Americans with both |
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intelligence and humor. |
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Youmans also performs as a hip-hop artist under the stage name, "Iron |
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Sheik." The [http://www.ironsheik.biz Iron Sheik] released two albums, "Camel Clutch 2003" and |
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"Yet We Remain." Much of his music relates to the historical and |
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current plight of Palestinians, making the Iron Sheik a part of the |
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growing Palestinian hip hop movement. The Iron Sheik has been featured |
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in media such as BBC, CNN, the San Francisco Chronicle, The New York |
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Times and Rolling Stone (France). He performs regularly at venues |
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throughout the United States, and has performed in Egypt, Lebanon and |
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the UK. |
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== Profiles, Interviews == |
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*[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20C15FD3E5F0C7B8CDDAE0894DC404482 New York Times: "Drawing a Rap Refrain From a U.N. Resolution"] |
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*[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2004/08/22/CMGO87TBMQ1.DTL San Francisco Chronicle Profile] |
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*[http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=5958 Znet/Left Hook Interview] |
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== External Links == |
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*[http://kabobfest.blogspot.com Kabobfest Blog] |
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*[http://www.ironsheik.biz Iron Sheik Website] |
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[[Category:University of Michigan alumni|Youmans, Will]] |
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[[Category:Palestinian-Americans|Youmans, Will]] |
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[[Category:Arab Americans|Youmans, Will]] |
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[[Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni|Youmans, Will]] |
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Revision as of 01:30, 4 March 2007
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