‘Fenian’: Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap return with much more than provocation

In Euronews Culture’s review of the film Kneecap, the award-winning biopic about the rise to fame of the Belfast rap trio, we called the comedy “fun, raucous and heartfelt”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The same could be said about their new album, ‘Fenian’ – but we’d add ‘scathing’, ‘layered’, and ‘very foul-mouthed’. Indeed, if Martin Scorsese’s The…

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France probes activists accused of obstructing Gaza aid over ‘complicity in genocide’

Shorouk Express The probe in France comes as international pressure grows on Israel to increase the flow of aid into Gaza amid fears of a humanitarian catastrophe. Israel’s months-long bombing campaign and blockade has severely restricted access to food, water and medicine for civilians in the Palestinian enclave. The Hamas-run Ministry of Health in Gaza…

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Israel committing genocide by depriving Palestinians of water, Human Rights Watch report finds

On Oct. 9, 2023, two days after Hamas-led assaults in southern Israel, then-Protection Minister Yoav Gallant declared a “full siege” of Gaza, promising: “There will likely be no electrical energy, no meals, no water, no gas, every little thing is closed.” In response to Human Rights Watch, Israel’s denial of water to the Palestinians quantities…

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