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Iqbal Tamimi
By Iqbal Tamimi • Sep 3rd, 2008 at 22:57 • Category: Biography, Children's Corner, Culture and Heritage, Interviews, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Religion, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance
I met a teacher on the train during one of my trips from Bristol to London; she was very kind and she encouraged me to start a conversation. This I can assure you does not happen much. We started to talk about different issues to break the silence and the dull and cold atmosphere that was wrapping the two-hour trip.
I found out that she was a music teacher, and that she was working on compiling an international album about children’s lullabies in different countries. She asked me about my country and where I came from and what kind of lullabies we have. I dare not tell her that maybe my generation was the last to hear lullabies, Palestinian children got used to being awakened by the Israeli bombing most nights.
I talked about traditional Palestinian music and songs. And without noticing, I found myself telling her about the top Arab Lebanese singer Fayrooz, and the songs she has contributed for Palestine and the Palestinian children.
I had on my mobile some of her songs downloaded by my son, he knew how to keep mummy floating a few inches above the ground. I offered the young lady my mobile to hear the song of Zahrat Al-Madaen. The lady asked me about the translation of the song. I told her it is a song for Jerusalem and it says…
‘For you, the city of prayers, I am going to pray.’
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Jerusalem Christian leader tells it like it really is
Israel Deporting Christians
Call from Jerusalem: Stop the Expulsion of Christians
Iqbal Tamimi
By Iqbal Tamimi • Sep 3rd, 2008 at 22:57 • Category: Biography, Children's Corner, Culture and Heritage, Interviews, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Religion, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance
I met a teacher on the train during one of my trips from Bristol to London; she was very kind and she encouraged me to start a conversation. This I can assure you does not happen much. We started to talk about different issues to break the silence and the dull and cold atmosphere that was wrapping the two-hour trip.
I found out that she was a music teacher, and that she was working on compiling an international album about children’s lullabies in different countries. She asked me about my country and where I came from and what kind of lullabies we have. I dare not tell her that maybe my generation was the last to hear lullabies, Palestinian children got used to being awakened by the Israeli bombing most nights.
I talked about traditional Palestinian music and songs. And without noticing, I found myself telling her about the top Arab Lebanese singer Fayrooz, and the songs she has contributed for Palestine and the Palestinian children.
I had on my mobile some of her songs downloaded by my son, he knew how to keep mummy floating a few inches above the ground. I offered the young lady my mobile to hear the song of Zahrat Al-Madaen. The lady asked me about the translation of the song. I told her it is a song for Jerusalem and it says…
‘For you, the city of prayers, I am going to pray.’
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