Like their counterparts in the Middle East, Arab American hip hop artists, such as Philistines, Iron Sheik, Juna, Furious, and DJK-Salaam, use the mic to address Arab issues both in the United States and abroad.25 Many of these rappers are not thugs, but rather graduates from institutions like University of California at Berkeley and George Washington University, who use witty lines and political jargon in order to present the minority's view to mainstream society.