Arab Revolutionary History
فرقة نيسان - الجوع والصمود
Hunger And Resilience
[Winds of betrayal have besieged my people
Hunger's roulette has chosen us]x2
Enemies' fire burn the green
[Hungers' fire tire us]x2
Oh, my children may die of misery!
Oh, my home's head may get low!
Half of me stayed to feed my family
[Half of me went to defend our land!]x2
[We dream of a life without wars
We dream of food that satisifies us]x2
But the enemy is on our gates!
And monsters are stealing our labor!
[2 monsters teamed up against us
To kill our love for our land]x2
They put us between wood and nails
[And sat bargaining on us!]x2
...
[ [O fire! blow and sing, O fire!
We are your fire when you call us!]x2
A blow to America! A blow to that thief¹
[Enough tyranny² and oppression!]x2 ]x2
[O fire!]x3
[Winds of betrayal have besieged my people
Hunger's roulette has chosen us]x2
Enemies' fire burn the green
[Hungers' fire tire us]x2
Oh, my children may die of misery!
Oh, my home's head may get low!
Half of me stayed to feed my family
[Half of me went to defend our land!]x2
[We dream of a life without wars
We dream of food that satisifies us]x2
But the enemy is on our gates!
And monsters are stealing our labor!
[2 monsters teamed up against us
To kill our love for our land]x2
They put us between wood and nails
[And sat bargaining on us!]x2
...
[ [O fire! blow and sing, O fire!
We are your fire when you call us!]x2
A blow to America! A blow to that thief¹
[Enough tyranny² and oppression!]x2 ]x2
[O fire!]x3
Arab Revolutionary History
Hunger And Resilience [Winds of betrayal have besieged my people Hunger's roulette has chosen us]x2 Enemies' fire burn the green [Hungers' fire tire us]x2 Oh, my children may die of misery! Oh, my home's head may get low! Half of me stayed to feed my family…
1: literally translates as middleman or broker, a reference to the capitalist system
2: the word used in arabic is loosely translated as "trading us"
2: the word used in arabic is loosely translated as "trading us"
Arab Revolutionary History
Iraqi Communist Party – The Internationale
The lyrics of the Arabic Internationale are pretty much universal for all arab communist parties.
Comrade Nasr writes: "Actually I scanned it [i.e. this Arabic version of the Internationale] from a little booklet entitled Anasheed Thawriyah(Revolutionary Anthems) published in Beirut, Lebanon, by Dar al-Farabi publishers -- the publishing house of the Lebanese Communist Party. It probably was printed in the 1970s but there's no date on it.
I'm not certain who did the this translation of the Internationale into Arabic originally. Someone once told me he thought it was somebody in Iraqi CP many decades ago. Anyhow I believe this text to be pretty general throughout the Arab world, especially the first verse, and not specifically Lebanese or Palestinian."
Comrade Nasr writes: "Actually I scanned it [i.e. this Arabic version of the Internationale] from a little booklet entitled Anasheed Thawriyah(Revolutionary Anthems) published in Beirut, Lebanon, by Dar al-Farabi publishers -- the publishing house of the Lebanese Communist Party. It probably was printed in the 1970s but there's no date on it.
I'm not certain who did the this translation of the Internationale into Arabic originally. Someone once told me he thought it was somebody in Iraqi CP many decades ago. Anyhow I believe this text to be pretty general throughout the Arab world, especially the first verse, and not specifically Lebanese or Palestinian."
Arab Revolutionary History
Ahmad Kaabour – I'm calling for you
[I'm calling you
I'm holding your hands tight
I kiss the ground beneath your feet
And say, "I'd die for you"]x2
[I dedicated to you the light of my eyes¹
And I give you the warmth of my heart
And the tragedy that I live is that my fate is the same of yours]x2
[I'm calling you
I'm holding your hands tight
I kiss the ground beneath your feet
And say, "I'd die for you"]x2
I have not become worthless in my country
[Nor have I shrunk in fear
I stood in the face of my oppressors
A naked, barefoot orphan]x2
[I'm calling you
I'm holding your hands tight
I kiss the ground beneath your feet
And say, "I'd die for you"]x2
[I've carried my blood on my hands and never half-masted my flags
And I've preserved the green grass on the graves of my ancestors]x2
[I'm calling you
I'm holding your hands tight
I kiss the ground beneath your feet
And say, "I'd die for you"]x2
[I'm calling for you!]x4
I'm holding your hands tight
I kiss the ground beneath your feet
And say, "I'd die for you"]x2
[I dedicated to you the light of my eyes¹
And I give you the warmth of my heart
And the tragedy that I live is that my fate is the same of yours]x2
[I'm calling you
I'm holding your hands tight
I kiss the ground beneath your feet
And say, "I'd die for you"]x2
I have not become worthless in my country
[Nor have I shrunk in fear
I stood in the face of my oppressors
A naked, barefoot orphan]x2
[I'm calling you
I'm holding your hands tight
I kiss the ground beneath your feet
And say, "I'd die for you"]x2
[I've carried my blood on my hands and never half-masted my flags
And I've preserved the green grass on the graves of my ancestors]x2
[I'm calling you
I'm holding your hands tight
I kiss the ground beneath your feet
And say, "I'd die for you"]x2
[I'm calling for you!]x4
Arab Revolutionary History
Ahmad Kaabour – I'm calling for you
This song was composed in 1975, amid the start of the Lebanese civil war and the christian fascist aggression against Palestinians, manifesting in countless massacres throughout the war, most notably Sabra and Shatila Massacre, Siege of Tel Zaatar, and many others.
Khiam prison was ran by IDF, where they tortured, raped militants and civilians.
prior to its Liberation by Hezbollah and allies, and the Israeli withdrawal, locals stormed the prison to free their people, and hear their stories of misery.
The prison was then turned into a museum by Hezbollah, destroyed later by Israel in the 2006 Israeli invasion.
You can read more about it here and here
prior to its Liberation by Hezbollah and allies, and the Israeli withdrawal, locals stormed the prison to free their people, and hear their stories of misery.
The prison was then turned into a museum by Hezbollah, destroyed later by Israel in the 2006 Israeli invasion.
You can read more about it here and here
on Earth Day, we remember that Israel forces Palestinian workers to leave the lands they own, strips them away from the ability to feed themselves.
Palestinians in the west bank are defenseless from all of Israel's aggression, and all they can do - as the man in the picture did - is to tell the occupying force to "put their rifle up their ass"
Palestinians in the west bank are defenseless from all of Israel's aggression, and all they can do - as the man in the picture did - is to tell the occupying force to "put their rifle up their ass"
Palestinian people were always harrassed out of their land, their houses demolished, and then shamed for being homeless.
Lately, in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem where they kicked tens of families out of their homes.
The struggle of palestinian people is that of people who have morals, people who stand with those oppressed and killed, against an occupying fascist state that does not even discriminate of age.
Arab leftists movement were always centered around Palestine, the liberation of Palestine at all costs and defending their right to exist, its our, and their, main struggle against fascism, supported by those who fake their call for "democracy" and "freedom".
Lately, in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem where they kicked tens of families out of their homes.
The struggle of palestinian people is that of people who have morals, people who stand with those oppressed and killed, against an occupying fascist state that does not even discriminate of age.
Arab leftists movement were always centered around Palestine, the liberation of Palestine at all costs and defending their right to exist, its our, and their, main struggle against fascism, supported by those who fake their call for "democracy" and "freedom".