Saint Levant

Abdelhamid was born in Jerusalem during the Second Intifada to a half-Algerian, half-French mother, Maria Mohammedi, and a half-Palestinian, half-Serbian father, Rashid Abdelhamid, who were both raised in Algeria. His father, the son of a Serbian medical doctor and a Palestinian from Safad who studied engineering in Yugoslavia following his expulsion as a child in 1948, has worked as an architect, hotel entrepreneur, DJ and film producer; his mother, the daughter of a French female pianist and former music teacher at the French lycée in Algiers, has worked for UNRWA. He has a younger brother, named Khaled. He has described the time spent in Gaza as "the best years of life". Abdelhamid took up the passion for music from his father and his maternal grandmother, studying piano and saxophone. In 2018, aged 17, Abdelhamid moved to the United States to pursue a bachelor's degree in International Relations at the University of California, Santa Barbara, from which he graduated in 2022. == Musical career ==

Before taking on the name Saint Levant (a pun on French luxury fashion brand Yves Saint Laurent and his native Levant region), Abdelhamid wrote "Jerusalem Freestyle" and "Nirvana in Gaza", both of which discussed political issues. Around the same time, he began posting videos on TikTok in which he discussed Palestinian history, as well as commentary on toxic masculinity in Arab culture. In November 2022, Saint Levant released his trilingual rap track "Very Few Friends", which was streamed approximately 2 million YouTube views in one month. In 2023, Saint Levant released the EP From Gaza, with Love. He was named among the 2023 "Men of the Year" by GQ Middle East. using his performance to bring awareness to the ongoing war taking place in Gaza. The following 22 May, he was part of the lineup of a Palestine charity concert at Zénith Paris, whose revenue was destined to Medical Aid for Palestinians. On February 14, 2025, on the occasion of Saint Valentine's Day, Saint Levant released the EP Love Letters / , divided between a "side A" (Love Letters from Saint Levant) and a "side B" (), and featuring three unreleased tracks out of six. A deluxe edition of the album was released on August 22, 2025, featuring four bonus tracks which included three collaborations with North African artistsnamely Tunisian rapper Nordo, Egyptian mahraganat singer Fares Sokkar, and Algerian band Babylone. == Other ventures ==

In May 2023, Saint Levant was chosen as Dior's first fragrance ambassador in the Middle East. On February 17, 2025, he featured alongside Lourdes Leon in a promotional video for Yves Saint Laurent and Peter Park's new omakase restaurant Sushi Park Paris. In July 2025, cosmetics brand Huda Beauty launched a new shade and scent of lip oil in partnership with Saint Levant, with proceeds intended to fund projects for Palestinian agriculture and cultural preservation. The shade, named "Kalamantina" (, ) after a track from his latest album, was promoted with various videos featuring Saint Levant and Huda Kattan surrounded by clementines. The move, whose timing coincided with the most critical stage of Israel's starvation of Gaza and its daily shootings of Palestinian aid seekers, was met with mixed feelings; a social media user called it "tone deaf", while Palestinian Pulitzer Prize winner Mosab Abu Toha criticized it as insensitive to Gazans' "feelings as human beings" regardless of financial support. In response, Kattan chose to instead donated 100% of the campaign proceeds to Doctors Without Borders for their work in Gaza. == Artistry and activism ==

Early in his career, Abdelhamid co-founded GrowHome, which connects Palestinian entrepreneurs with individuals who can help fund their projects. Saint Levant is outspoken on the struggle in Palestine, telling ''Harper's Bazaar'': In February 2025, pro-Israel groups and media criticized Yves Saint Laurent's collaboration with Abdelhamid as a partnership with an "antisemite" (reportedly for "anti-Jewish statements" which included support for the attacks against Maccabi Tel Aviv fans in November 2024), and called for boycotting the brand. Saint Levant claims inspiration from artists like Wyclef Jean, Cheb Khaled, Fairuz, Marwan Moussa, Lenny Kravitz, Michael Jackson, Stromae, Timbaland, Eminem and Mika. == Personal life ==

Abdelhamid is a Muslim. He lives in Los Angeles, though he regularly returns to Amman. the couple announced their breakup via Instagram on September 25, 2025. == Discography ==

Albums EPs Singles Other charted songs As a featured artist == Tours ==

Deira Tour (2024) == References ==