Tagged: egypt

Salute to the Flagman!

We live in very difficult times … we live in a time where sowing death and destruction with the most horrendous weaponry upon civilians is deemed acceptable by leaders in the Western World and elsewhere, who dress up in suits, attend fancy banquets and diners, and proudly brag to one another about their refined ‘civilization’.   Gaza is being bombed...

Mona Eltahawy Speaks To J-Street, But Who Is She Speaking For?

Mona Eltahawy Speaks To J-Street, But Who Is She Speaking For?

Reproduced from Ikhras.com. Although the Musical Intifada mainly presents original articles, it occasionally posts articles from other websites. Mona Eltahawy who takes pride in being “the first Egyptian journalist to live and to work for a western news agency in Israel” was a big hit at this year’s J-Street gathering.  This is a video of her opening remarks at the...

In celebration of the Egyptian Revolution: 14 songs for free!

(Note: this offer has expired on Feb 18th) To celebrate the amazing victory of the Egyptian people over dictatorship, 14 of Doc Jazz’s songs have been made available for free download ! The songs are: Positive Effect – Wake Up! – We Resist (Free Palestine) – Falasteen (el 3alam) – Intifada – Free Jerusalem – The Wall Must Fall –...

إذا الشّعْبُ يَوْمَاً أرَادَ الْحَيَـاةَ – الشاعر التونسي ابو القاسم الشابي

إذا الشّعْبُ يَوْمَاً أرَادَ الْحَيَـاةَ – الشاعر التونسي ابو القاسم الشابي

إذا الشّعْبُ  يَوْمَاً  أرَادَ   الْحَيَـاةَ          فَلا  بُدَّ  أنْ  يَسْتَجِيبَ   القَـدَر   وَلا بُـدَّ  لِلَّيـْلِ أنْ  يَنْجَلِــي               وَلا  بُدَّ  للقَيْدِ  أَنْ   يَـنْكَسِـر   وَمَنْ  لَمْ  يُعَانِقْهُ  شَوْقُ  الْحَيَـاةِ          تَبَخَّـرَ  في  جَوِّهَـا   وَانْدَثَـر   فَوَيْلٌ  لِمَنْ  لَمْ   تَشُقْـهُ   الْحَيَاةُ           مِنْ   صَفْعَـةِ  العَـدَم  المُنْتَصِر كَذلِكَ  قَالَـتْ  لِـيَ  الكَائِنَاتُ              وَحَدّثَنـي  رُوحُـهَا    المُسْتَتِر