#Arabic Music

[zegalba]

Fairouz by the Giza Pyramids (1989)

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Tracklist:

The Prince Of Egypt (When You Believe) • Deliver Us • The Reprimand • Following Tzipporah • All I Ever Wanted (With Queen's Reprise) • Goodbye Brother • Through Heaven's Eyes • The Burning Bush • Playing With The Big Boys • Cry • Rally • The Plagues • Death Of The First Born • When You Believe • Red Sea • Through Heaven's Eyes • River Lullaby • Humanity • I Will Get There (A Cappella)

Spotify ♪ YouTube

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arabic cassette tapes

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i have been crying about this for days. the arabic language is so beautiful. i am both thankful to this artist for sharing this gorgeous song with us, and torn to pieces thinking about how much pain she must be in watching her home get destroyed and her people suffer.

she mentions sending peace on an olive branch. edit: "olive" means zaytun (زيتون) watch out for this word if you read/see/hear Palestinian art, the cultural context will help you understand the message more. besides the olive branch being a well known symbol for peace (it's even on the United States dollar AND the United States Seal) there is a rich historical and cultural context behind this lyric. for those who don't know, Palestine has been known for its olive trees for millennia. some of the oldest living olive trees in the entire world are in Palestine (although i really don't know if they are still standing at this moment). olives are well-loved and crucial to Palestinian cuisine, as well as being a major source of income, since many Palestinians are olive farmers and have been for generations. a symbol for peace, harmony, friendship, resilience, and perserverance, the olive tree represents Palestinian spirit, and olive leaf patterns are also featured on the Palestinian keffiyeh.

there is another lyric where she says "in the land of peace, peace is dead." one english transliteration of this arabic phrase is "fi 'ard alsalam mat alsalam" with 'ard (أرض) meaning land/earth, al-salam or more commonly salam (سلام) meaning peace, and mat (مات) being a conjugation from the word mawt (موت) meaning death. (I'm not sure in which tense, arabic has so many tenses and I don't want to spread misinformation, my knowledge of the arabic language is like 1st grade level and mostly from osmosis due to growing up Muslim and having early exposure to the language through the Quran and basic classes at Islamic school, and I'm not even a practicing Muslim anymore, so pls feel free to correct my mistakes) lyrically, it was this phrase that stuck out to me the most, because of the emphasis placed on "peace" through its repetition. in the land of peace, peace is dead; Palestine is The Holy Land in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. peace was the foundation of the land, not just peace meaning lack of war but peace as in spiritual peace, the kind of peace that fills your heart with love for this world and the people in it. now that this peace is being actively destroyed, Palestine is losing itself. Elyanna (the singer) is saying that her home is being gutted from the inside out, until it's unrecognizable, until it lacks the one thing that MADE Palestine; peace. It is heartbreaking.

The reason I am sharing this song and breaking down this lyric is because I want to re-humanize the Arabic language and Arab culture. It has been demonized for far too long, and it was/is on PURPOSE. IDF soldiers bombing Al-Shifa hospital and claiming (lying) that they found a list of Hamas guards and hostages (that were never in the hospital) when it was a CALENDAR and the only names of "Hamas guards" listed were fucking Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, is exactly what I mean when I say that the world has been so successfully brainwashed against MENA (the Middle East and North Africa) that even the Arabic language itself, written or spoken, is perceived as inherently violent and threatening.

I hope this post has contributed in helping you unlearn the racism and anti-Arab/anti-Middle Eastern propoganda you have been taught.

From the river to the sea, Palestine 🇵🇸 will be free.

🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉

[taitiii]

Calendar 2025.

Leon Scott Kennedy (Resident evil 6), Sindel (Mortal kombat 1), Dante (Devil may cry 4), Alex Mercer (Prototype) & symbol of 2025 year snake.

Happy New year!!! I wish everyone new achievements, happiness, good luck & only the most positive things in the new year!

[gorillawithautism]

if anyone has arabic music to recommend to me please feel free to do that at any time

[purplealbumoftheday]

today's purple album of the day is: Kifak Inta by Fairuz!

[heidinach]

probably best song ever maybe

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[trinityakin]

Mayah Alkhateri 💜

Listen to Kiss Facility

📸 Elsn Lahoud

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Tracklist:

Habibi • Sun May Shine • Tummy • Chambers • So It Goes • Indigo Night • Cigar • Each Time • Verses • w.o.t.h • Intervals • Persephone

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Palestinian Artist: Elyanna

🪬⚔️🧿 Yea she’s fire! Let’s remember that Palestinians are lovers, purists and artists! Support Palestinian artists! Run their shit up! The revolution is now.

Elyanna said her sister creates her entire wardrobe and the theme is like “angry angel” lmao I felt that.

Free Palestine! 🇵🇸

[sounds-of-arabia]

هي من روحِ الشعب خمرٌ

هي من عرقِهِ خبزٌ و ياسمين

فكيف صار طعمها طعم نارٍ و دخان؟

she (beirut) is a wine made of people's spirit from people's sweat she's bread and jasmine so how did her taste turn into the taste of fire and smoke?

— fairuz, le beirut

[wartina]

BABA

Manal, Ghali