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Single by George Totari. from the album Earth of My Homeland. Released. 1978. " Leve Palestina " (transl. "Long Live Palestine") is a 1978 protest song by the Swedish-Palestinian musician George Totari and Swedish band Kofia. A popular song at socialist protests since its 1970s release, it has gone viral since the onset of 2023 Israel–Hamas war.
Habash was born in Lydda (today's Lod) to a Greek Orthodox Christian Palestinian family in 1926. [6] [7] As a child, he sang in the church choir. [8] In 1948, 19-year-old Habash, a medical student at the American University of Beirut, went to his home town of Lydda during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War to help his family.
Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948), [1] commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and musician. He has sold more than 100 million records and has more than two billion streams. [2] His musical style consists of folk, rock, pop, and, later in his career ...
1964–2008. Genre. Poetry. Mahmoud Darwish (Arabic: مَحمُود دَرْوِيْش, romanized: Maḥmūd Darwīsh; 13 March 1941 – 9 August 2008) was a Palestinian poet and author who was regarded as Palestine's national poet. [1] In 1988, Darwish wrote the Palestinian Declaration of Independence, which was the formal declaration for the ...
Gary Gene Watson (born October 11, 1943) [1] is an American country music singer. He is most famous for his 1975 hit " Love in the Hot Afternoon," his 1981 No. 1 hit " Fourteen Carat Mind," and his signature 1979 song " Farewell Party." Watson's long career has included five number one hits, [2] 21 top tens, and 48 charted singles.
Rachel Aliene Corrie (April 10, 1979 – March 16, 2003) was an American nonviolence activist and diarist. [1][2] She was a member of the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement (ISM) [3] and was active throughout the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories. In 2003, Corrie was in Rafah, a city in the Gaza Strip, where the Israeli ...
Website. www.haza.co.il. Musical artist. Signature. Ofra Haza (Hebrew: עפרה חזה; 19 November 1957 – 23 February 2000) was an Israeli singer, songwriter and actress, commonly known in the Western world as "the Madonna of the East", [1] or "the Israeli Madonna". [2] Her voice has been described as a "tender" mezzo-soprano. [3]
Palestine, Land of the fathers, To you, I do not doubt, I will return. Struggle, revolution, do not die, For the storm is on the land. [8] "Zareef et Tool" is one of the most popular Palestinian songs of today and can be traced back decades. The song encourages Palestinians not to leave their homeland: [9] يا زريف الطول وقّف ...