#Mohammed Assaf

[rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world]

Spotify has removed Mohammed Assaf’s Palestinian resistance hit “Dammi Falastini” from its streaming service.

No explanation has been given, but we know damn well it’s not because of antisemitism.

Firstly, Dammi Falastini has absolutely no remotely antisemitic or violent content.

Secondly, Spotify DOES still offer multiple versions of “Horst Wessel Lied/Die Fahne Hoch” - a famous Nazi march. Including one performed by what appears to be a white supremacist band.

Read more here:

[swanasource]

“Nooriyah @ KOKO Camden!🇵🇸 🇵🇸 ”

[naram--sin]

My blood is Palestinian by the absolute legend, Mohammed Assaf.

[falasteeniferret]

Dammi Falasteeni (My Blood is Palestinian) by Mohammed Assaf

My first piece of Palestinian music today is by a singer from Gaza called Mohammed Assaf, and is - like most 'protest' songs - a controversial one. It was removed more than once from Spotify and Apple's streaming service due to petitions claiming it was "violent extremist anti-semitic content", but in the words of the singer-songwriter:

“This accusation increases my honor and belonging to my homeland … Even if they delete this song, it is present in the memory and conscience of every Palestinian and every honorable free man who defends the right of the Palestinian people to obtain their freedom and independence.”

I've put the English translation of the lyrics beneath a cut.

Keeping my oath, following my religion You will find me on my land I belong to my people, I sacrifice my soul for them My blood is Palestinian, Palestinian, Palestinian My blood is Palestinian

We stood for you, our homeland With our pride and Arabisim Al-Quds land called us (As) The sound of my mother calling me Palestinian, Palestinian My blood is Palestinian

Keeping my oath, following my religion You will find me on my land I belong to my people, I sacrifice my soul for them My blood is Palestinian, Palestinian, Palestinian My blood is Palestinian

O mother don't worry Your homeland is a fortified castle Which I sacrifice my soul for And my blood, and my veins

Keeping my oath, following my religion You will find me on my land I belong to my people, I sacrifice my soul for them My blood is Palestinian, Palestinian, Palestinian My blood is Palestinian

I'm Palestinian, a son of a free family I'm brave and my head is always up I'm keeping my oath to you my homeland And I have never bowed to anyone Palestinian, Palestinian My blood is Palestinian

Keeping my oath, following my religion You will find me on my land I belong to my people, I sacrifice my soul for them My blood is Palestinian, Palestinian, Palestinian My blood is Palestinian

[scorpion-flower]

[gillianthecat]

I’m Palestinian, a son of a free family / I’m brave and my head is held high / I’m keeping my oath to you, my homeland / And I have never bowed to anyone.

[gregor-samsung]

يا طير إل طير [The Idol] (Hany Abu-Assad - 2015)

[an-onyx-void]

One of these things is not like the others

[my-patron-saint-is-jimmy]

This song is SUCH a certified banger holy shit :D Posting the one with the written English translation so non-Arabic speakers can appreciate fully too :)

[shehzadi]

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[residentmara]

PSA TO ALL MY FOLLOWERS

SPOTIFY IS ZIONIST, They removed a palestinian song by Mohammed Assaf and claimed that israel was facing terrorist attacks.

If you previously paid for spotify premium please cancel and boycott

[improbablecarny]

spotify drops their wrapped around the same time every year the fact that it came out now isn't exactly worthy of panic. however we have known about spotify's support of the military industrial complex for YEARS and people who were previously pretending to be concerned about that and the laundry list of other ethics concerns with the Billion Dollar Corporation are throwing that to the wind so they can discredit Palestinian activists. like yes the particular alignment of the dates were blown out of proportion entirely but that doesn't mean that Spotify is innocent and accusing their critics of being in Qanon mode for not wanting to support them... while ignoring the israel apologists furthering literal qanon/conspiratorial shit like the idea of "crisis actors"... tumblr leftists have never been good at moral consistency. nevermind the fact that spotify has been censoring palestinian artists too

[fairuzfan]

hello!! firstly, you have an amazing blog. i have been able to learn a lot (and be introduced to a lot of resources) thanks to you as well as other palestinians!

out of curiousity, do you happen to have any favorite songs made my palestinian musicians? im not sure if you've already answered this, but i would like to learn some songs so i can sing them :)

hello, thanks for sending this and for your kind words. I've actually received a few questions on this.

Something in arab music culture in general (like Fairuz) is that sometimes there are writers different than singers who are sought out by singers and vice versa. This isn't always the case, of course, but something to consider is if you like a song by a specific singer, I'd suggest looking into who the composer/writer of the song is.

A well known example is Egyptian singer Abdel Halim Hafez who sung Nizar Qabbani's (widely considered the Syrian National Poet) poem, the song titled "Qariat El Fengan" or "The Cup Reading". This was a whole concert. My dad said whenever it snowed in his town, they would play the entire concert on the radio and everyone would sit around and listen to it, even if it was an hour long.

But you did ask about Palestinian singers! So I will provide some singers who are Palestinian as well as those who aren't Palestinian but their songs are written for/by Palestinians.

Sol Band in Gaza

They're currently located in Gaza and if you visit their facebook, you can see that they hold singalongs for the kids of Gaza amongst the rubble. Right now, they're holding a campaign to help rebuild their band which you can take a look and donate to here (click).

Reem Albanna is Palestinian (the singer) and the writer is Tawfik Ziad who was a Palestinian:

"Min Sijin Akkah" by Firqat Al-Ashiqeen

The backstory to this is really important — back during British colonization, there were three Palestinian revolutionary fighters who were hung by the British. Their names were Fouad Hijazi, Mohammad Jamjoum, and Attah Azeer. Apparently, they were discussing amongst themselves in their prison cells before they were hung about what they would say to their loved ones and if any of them saw their loved ones to tell them not to worry. The conversation was written on the walls of the prison cell and we don't know who wrote it... but people have been singing it ever since.

"Ya Falestiniyah" by Sheikh Imam

Sheikh Imam is not Palestinian but he is Egyptian. Palestinians really love him, though, and he has a lot of political music that many, many people love. I recommend checking out all of Sheikh Imam's songs tbh.

"Sheikh Assafeenah" sung by Palestinian singer Abdel Fattah Owainat and written by Palestinian Poet Miriam Alammoori:

I would check out both singer and songwriter for more of their songs.

Dammi Falestini by Mohammed Assaf

I don't think it requires an explanation LOL

"Taralelli" by Ens O Jam

It's a fun song, a love song. I usually sing this with my family on long car rides.

if anyone else has any recommendations, feel free to add on to this post by reblogging!

[fcsources]

do you have any palestinian fcs to rec, in light of recent events?

𝙝𝙞 𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙚! absolutely i do!! will leave the rest of this space mostly free of comments except to say #freepalestine ♡

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