Tunisia Video: The Music That Got Rapper "El General" Arrested
Saturday, January 8, 2011 at 6:52
Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, El General, Hamada Ben-Amor, Hamdi Ben-Amor, Tunisia

On Thursday, amidst protests in Tunisia, rapper El General (Hamada Ben-Amor) was detained. His brother Hamdi Ben-Amor explained, ""Some 30 plainclothes policemen came to our house to arrest Hamada and took him away without ever telling us where to. When we asked why they were arresting him, they said 'he knows why'."

"Why" is making music critical of the Tunisian Government with lines such as "President, Your People Are Dying":

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