<h4>Torie Rose DeGhett is a freelance writer and blogger whose work has appeared in The Guardian, Guernica, Jadaliyya and&nbsp;AlterNet. Lots of her recent work has focused on the political role of music in the Middle East and North Africa. A selection of her research and translations of protest songs from the 2011 revolutions in those regions were published in a McSweeney's/Byliner publication titled Now That We Have Tasted Hope.&nbsp;She blogs regularly at The Political Notebook and is a contributor at The Risky Shift.&nbsp;</h4>

Torie Rose DeGhett

Hip-Hop-Academia: Omar Offendum and Arab Diaspora Rap

Torie Rose DeGhett is a freelance writer and blogger whose work has appeared in The Guardian, Guernica, Jadaliyya and&nbsp;AlterNet. Lots of her recent work has focused on the political role of music in the Middle East and North Africa. A selection of her research and translations of protest songs from the 2011 revolutions in those regions were published in a McSweeney's/Byliner publication titled Now That We Have Tasted Hope.&nbsp;She blogs regularly at The Political Notebook and is a contributor at The Risky Shift.&nbsp;