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Womad: 47 SOUL

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47 Soul

47 Soul Photo: Stan Alley

47SOUL is a Palestinian Shamstep group. In fact they founded the genre!

The musical collective formed in Jordan in 2013, and take their influence from hip-hop, electronica and R&B - and melded it with the sounds of Dabke, a traditional folk dance, and other Shaa'bi roots music from the Levantine region.

47SOUL has a big following across Arab countries, the global Arab diaspora and beyond.  Band members Tareq Abu Kwaik - known by his stage name El Far3i, and Ramzy Suleiman, known as Z the People speak with Susie.

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