Sabreen Association's video: HipHopKom Auditions

"HipHopKom" Kussru il hawajes bitkilmetkom PALESTINE'S FIRST NATIONAL TALENT RAP CONTEST SABREEN ASSOCIATION & PALESTINIAN BROADCAST COOPERATION (May/June 2009) "HipHopKom" is Palestine's first national rap contest and climax of the previous held training courses and Hip Hop promoting events as part of Project Hip Hop Palestine. Rappers and Hip Hop fans all over Palestine are now waiting to prove their talents to Palestine. TV Broadcast The contest is based on the concepts of "Star Academy" and MTV' Arabia's "HipHopna" and is a national contest, which will take place as an open public show and broadcasted on TV. A locally based film crew in WB and Gaza will follow the event outline and document the development of the day. This will be broadcasted live from the venue and projected in the Gaza and Ramallah venues. The event will be broadcasted on PBC 36 local tv stations, the satellite channel Palestine TV and the local radio network. The narration of the contest 14 Palestinian groups/artists selected by a jury in two prior auditions in the WB and Gaza will perform live on TV presenting their contribution to the rap contest. Based on prior advertisement Palestinian rappers residing in '48 and the WB will be invited to participate in an audition for the contest. 10 participants will be selected by the jury from the WB audition out of an estimated number of 200 participants. A second audition might be arranged according to the number of registered rappers. All of the rappers of the Gaza Strip will be invited to participate in a closed audition for the contest. It is assumed that rappers from 12 Hip Hop groups will join the audition. A jury of two persons will assess the performance of all artists and select a maximum of 4 persons to participate in the final contest. In case no foreign artists can enter Gaza Sabreen organizes an audition in Gaza and transmits the audition to Ramallah where the whole jury resides. There would be no training program for the Gazans, only in Ramallah. The 4 selected talents form Gaza would perform in the Ramallah contest via a satellite transmission. The jury of the contest The jury, consisting of Shadia Mansour - British-Palestinian rapper, "Zaki" Danish-Egyptian rapper, Mazzi - Iranian-American rapper and breakdancer will give their critique and assessment of the contributions together with the local rap pioneers Saz (Ramle) and Dam (Lid). Between the auditions and the show the selected talents will be invited to undergo training with the jury preparing their performance for the show. Voting and selection The show in Gaza will be held in al Hilal theatre in Gaza City and the West Bank show will be held in al Qasaba. The winner will be chosen via SMS sent in by the television viewers. The show will see live performance by professional rappers. The winner The winners will be given the opportunity to travel to Denmark and meet and perform with the established Hip Hop scene in July 2009 + record the winning song on a single.