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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The 2015 Freedom of Expression Arts Award-winner is rapper Mouad “El Haqed” Belghouat, has not only seen his songs censored and his album banned but has also been imprisoned in his homeland Morocco three times since 2011. Belghouat’s music publicises widespread poverty and rails against endemic government corruption in Morocco, where he is banned from […]
By Index on Censorship
18 Mar 15
Awards | Fellowship 2015
The 2015 Freedom of Expression Arts Award-winner is rapper Mouad “El Haqed” Belghouat

The 2015 Freedom of Expression Arts Award-winner is rapper Mouad “El Haqed” Belghouat

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]ArtThe 2015 Freedom of Expression Arts Award-winner is rapper Mouad “El Haqed” Belghouat, has not only seen his songs censored and his album banned but has also been imprisoned in his homeland Morocco three times since 2011.

Belghouat’s music publicises widespread poverty and rails against endemic government corruption in Morocco, where he is banned from performing publicly.

“The Index award has shown Moroccan authorities that you can’t stop me. The more of an effort they make to silence me, the more my voice arrives everywhere.” — El Haqed[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_basic_grid post_type=”post” max_items=”9″ style=”load-more” items_per_page=”4″ element_width=”6″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1501490616573-99369725-7b88-5″ taxonomies=”6986″][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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