And since the Palestinian cause and the Arab cause are one, Handala was used also to describe Arab struggle.
[1]:"To those who kneel down to America, I am innocent of you!" (as in i dont know you, or i am not related to you)
[2]:The man holds a newspaper written on it "Fighting between brothers! and the role of oil in it" while saying "Dont say blood doesnt turn into water, it turned into asphalt!"
[3]: The man with a tie says: " are you muslim or christian? Sunni or shiite or Druze or Alawite? Coptic or Maronite? Rûm Catholic or Rûm Orth-" while the old man says "I am Arab you donkey!"
[4]: Handala says: "I liked your article on democracy yesterday, what are you writing for tomorrow?", the man says "my Last Will Letter!"
[1]:"To those who kneel down to America, I am innocent of you!" (as in i dont know you, or i am not related to you)
[2]:The man holds a newspaper written on it "Fighting between brothers! and the role of oil in it" while saying "Dont say blood doesnt turn into water, it turned into asphalt!"
[3]: The man with a tie says: " are you muslim or christian? Sunni or shiite or Druze or Alawite? Coptic or Maronite? Rûm Catholic or Rûm Orth-" while the old man says "I am Arab you donkey!"
[4]: Handala says: "I liked your article on democracy yesterday, what are you writing for tomorrow?", the man says "my Last Will Letter!"
To Jamal
I see you hugging your songs,
calling, for the love coming tomorrow,
playing with you, my dear countryman.
You asked our golden world,
about names that left us,
till you followed them and left us.
[And you carried for them the hymns of victory,
singing them, repeating them.]x2
[And from the shreds of death, the voices of martyrs blare]x2
[singing a song that stayed in the hearts of the country's children,
a song, that is still asleep, dreaming of the upcoming victory]x2
singing, singing, singing...
[And if i fell, my comrade, save your tears, and continue my way]x2
I see you hugging your songs,
calling, for the love coming tomorrow,
playing with you, my dear countryman.
You asked our golden world,
about names that left us,
till you followed them and left us.
[And you carried for them the hymns of victory,
singing them, repeating them.]x2
[And from the shreds of death, the voices of martyrs blare]x2
[singing a song that stayed in the hearts of the country's children,
a song, that is still asleep, dreaming of the upcoming victory]x2
singing, singing, singing...
[And if i fell, my comrade, save your tears, and continue my way]x2
Both the poster and the song are quoting the same poem written by Moein Bsiso, "The Battle".
Moein Bsiso, born in Gaza 10/10/1926 grew quickly to become one of the prominent figures in literature surrounding the Palestinian and the Arab struggle, wrote many articles and poems about the struggle in Yafa (Tel Aviv) before the Israeli declaration of independence
Moein Bsiso, born in Gaza 10/10/1926 grew quickly to become one of the prominent figures in literature surrounding the Palestinian and the Arab struggle, wrote many articles and poems about the struggle in Yafa (Tel Aviv) before the Israeli declaration of independence
The Battle - Moein Bsiso
-If i fell take my place in the struggle, my comrade
-And look at my lips, closed by the gust of wind
-I did not die! I am still praying for you, behind my wounds!
-Play your drums, your people will join you in the battle
- All the dead people, wake up: the times of death are gone
- All the dead people, wake up: the times of death are gone
- Carry with you volcanoes given to us by the heights of mountains
- This is the day that life chose for us
- This is the day that life chose for us
- For the great revolution against the enemies of life
- So if we fell my comrade in the hell of the battle
- So if we fell my comrade in the hell of the battle
- Then look and you'll find a flag over the fire of the battle
- Still held high by your comrades, my comrade
- Still held high by your comrades, my comrade
[ARABIC]
أنا إن سقطت فخذ مكاني يا رفيقي في الكفاح
وانظر إلى شفتي أطبقتا على هوج الرياح
أنا لم أمت! أنا لم أزل أدعوك من خلف الجراح
واقرع طبولك يستجب لك كل شعبك للقتال
يا أيها الموتى أفيقوا: إن عهد الموت زال
يا أيها الموتى أفيقوا: إن عهد الموت زال
ولتحملوا البركان تقذفه لنا حمر الجبال
هذا هو اليوم الذي قد حددته لنا الحياة
هذا هو اليوم الذي قد حددته لنا الحياة
للثورة الكبرى على الغيلان أعداء الحياة
فإذا سقطنا يا رفيقي في حجيم المعركة
فإذا سقطنا يا رفيقي في حجيم المعركة
فانظر تجد علما يرفرف فوق نار المعركة
ما زال يحمله رفاقك يا رفيق المعركة
ما زال يحمله رفاقك يا رفيق المعركة
-If i fell take my place in the struggle, my comrade
-And look at my lips, closed by the gust of wind
-I did not die! I am still praying for you, behind my wounds!
-Play your drums, your people will join you in the battle
- All the dead people, wake up: the times of death are gone
- All the dead people, wake up: the times of death are gone
- Carry with you volcanoes given to us by the heights of mountains
- This is the day that life chose for us
- This is the day that life chose for us
- For the great revolution against the enemies of life
- So if we fell my comrade in the hell of the battle
- So if we fell my comrade in the hell of the battle
- Then look and you'll find a flag over the fire of the battle
- Still held high by your comrades, my comrade
- Still held high by your comrades, my comrade
[ARABIC]
أنا إن سقطت فخذ مكاني يا رفيقي في الكفاح
وانظر إلى شفتي أطبقتا على هوج الرياح
أنا لم أمت! أنا لم أزل أدعوك من خلف الجراح
واقرع طبولك يستجب لك كل شعبك للقتال
يا أيها الموتى أفيقوا: إن عهد الموت زال
يا أيها الموتى أفيقوا: إن عهد الموت زال
ولتحملوا البركان تقذفه لنا حمر الجبال
هذا هو اليوم الذي قد حددته لنا الحياة
هذا هو اليوم الذي قد حددته لنا الحياة
للثورة الكبرى على الغيلان أعداء الحياة
فإذا سقطنا يا رفيقي في حجيم المعركة
فإذا سقطنا يا رفيقي في حجيم المعركة
فانظر تجد علما يرفرف فوق نار المعركة
ما زال يحمله رفاقك يا رفيق المعركة
ما زال يحمله رفاقك يا رفيق المعركة
Arab Revolutionary History
To Jamal I see you hugging your songs, calling, for the love coming tomorrow, playing with you, my dear countryman. You asked our golden world, about names that left us, till you followed them and left us. [And you carried for them the hymns of victory, singing…
song was dedicated to Jamal Ayyash, born in 1956, joined the Lebanese Communist Party in 1973, was killed in 1976
Forwarded from Lebanese News and Updates
On this day, in 2006, we remember the massacre IDF AF did in Qana killing 28 civilians, including 16 children and injuring dozens.
This is the second Qana massacre, less than a decade after the first one where the IDF AF killed 106 Lebanese civilian and injuried 108 in 1996 https://t.co/AAGNXsH6Dm
This is the second Qana massacre, less than a decade after the first one where the IDF AF killed 106 Lebanese civilian and injuried 108 in 1996 https://t.co/AAGNXsH6Dm
Tomorrow marks the first anniversary of the Beirut port explosion.
Also on August 4, 39 years ago, the Israeli occupation burned Beirut, but the white flags were not raised. Sharon thought that crossing the museum point, passing through the "Mazraa Corniche" and reaching the sea, would be a walk in the park, after he had defeated the resistance in Beirut.
on 4th of August 1982, the resistance killed 19 Israeli Zionist soldier, wounding 84 others, which made Sharon furious.
on the 6th, Sharon took revenge from the city, in the [yet undocumented online] Akr massacre.
First Picture is the cover of As-safir newspaper on the 5th of August 1982, titled "Beirut burns, but the white flags were not raised."
it reads then: "The invading forces destroy hundreds of buildings and thousands of homes and 9 hospitals, 300 dead and injured.
[The resistance] repels attempts to breach the city on 6 axes, and the invaders are pushed back to Qasr Al-Adel, despite their advance towards Ouzai"
Also on August 4, 39 years ago, the Israeli occupation burned Beirut, but the white flags were not raised. Sharon thought that crossing the museum point, passing through the "Mazraa Corniche" and reaching the sea, would be a walk in the park, after he had defeated the resistance in Beirut.
on 4th of August 1982, the resistance killed 19 Israeli Zionist soldier, wounding 84 others, which made Sharon furious.
on the 6th, Sharon took revenge from the city, in the [yet undocumented online] Akr massacre.
First Picture is the cover of As-safir newspaper on the 5th of August 1982, titled "Beirut burns, but the white flags were not raised."
it reads then: "The invading forces destroy hundreds of buildings and thousands of homes and 9 hospitals, 300 dead and injured.
[The resistance] repels attempts to breach the city on 6 axes, and the invaders are pushed back to Qasr Al-Adel, despite their advance towards Ouzai"
While Israel continues to ethnically cleanse Palestinians away from the West Bank, the world turned away its eyes, almost as if there's nothing happening.
but somehow, they pickup on Cuba, Belarus, NK or China everyday, every newsletter talks about the "authoritarian" "genocidal" regimes oppressing its citizens.
The west is and will always be a hypocrite, and when you, the arab, see them oppose you, you have to understand that you are righteous with your cause, and that the west moves towards its interests, they push Israeli interests no matter what, because they want us weak, they want us to stay silent.
You, the arab, must understand, that just like the was South Lebanon was liberated in 2000, and the way Gaza was liberated and defended, armed resistance and revolutionary acts are the only way to achieve justice in the struggle of all arab people.
but somehow, they pickup on Cuba, Belarus, NK or China everyday, every newsletter talks about the "authoritarian" "genocidal" regimes oppressing its citizens.
The west is and will always be a hypocrite, and when you, the arab, see them oppose you, you have to understand that you are righteous with your cause, and that the west moves towards its interests, they push Israeli interests no matter what, because they want us weak, they want us to stay silent.
You, the arab, must understand, that just like the was South Lebanon was liberated in 2000, and the way Gaza was liberated and defended, armed resistance and revolutionary acts are the only way to achieve justice in the struggle of all arab people.