“I am the dishes, the ironing, I am everything, I am nothing. But remind me: Who are you?” So plays the hook of a new feminist anthem released by the Palestinian rappers, DAM. The video for “Who You Are” plays on sexist attitudes by having men and women switch domestic roles typical in the Middle East, but also familiar across most cultures.
Directed by Oscar-nominated Palestinian filmmaker Scandar Copti, the video is starting to rack up YouTube views. It has an associated social media campaign which asks fans to send videos of themselves challenging traditional gender roles. The song release coincides with the first female singer joining the all-male trio, Maysa Daw, who told the Hebrew-language news site Local Call, “Men try to stereotype women all the time and I just want to ask which stereotypes define men.”
The video was promoted in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund, which focuses on changing sexist attitudes in the Middle East and improving reproductive health for women around the world.
Original article by Laurie Balbo
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