'From Gaza With Love': Palestinian Saint Levant rouses Coachella

Indio, United States: Saint Levant, the Palestinian French Algerian Serbian rapper who s foundviralfame online, made his Coachella debut over the week...

Indio, United States: Saint Levant, the Palestinian-French-Algerian-Serbian rapper who's found viral fame online, made his Coachella debut over the weekend, bringing eminently danceable beats and Palestinian solidarity to the stage.

The 23-year-old played a set scheduled for a time conflicting with the highly anticipated No Doubt reunion but still packed the desert festival's Gobi Tent, where he played both his hits and newer work to a sea of fans, many sporting keffiyehs and waving Palestinian flags.

"There's so many people we wanted to see at the same time -- but this was a hundred percent where we were coming," Mustafa Arch, a 32-year-old Syrian-Lebanese festival-goer, told AFP after the set.

"Free Palestine -- we're so happy to be here, this is probably the best day of the weekend for us. We'll continue to represent the whole weekend," Arch said.

Israel's assault on Gaza that began after the October 7 attack has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced many more.