Legendary Lebanese singer Fairuz has released a new song dedicated to Palestine and Jerusalem following the Israeli attacks on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip recently.
The song, titled “Ela Mata, Ya Rab?” (How Long, Lord?), was produced and directed by Fairuz’s daughter, Lebanese director and writer Reema Rahbany, who published the video of the song on her mother’s social media pages.
You can listen to the song here.
In the video, Fairuz appeared to be in a church, wearing a black and gold outfit while covering her hair with a veil and standing in front of a picture of a suffering Jesus Christ, singing smoothly as pictures of intense clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces are on display.
Both the song and the video were well-received by Fairuz’s fans and Arab listeners, who welcomed her comeback to singing songs about the Palestinian cause.
Fairuz is widely popular among Arabs due to her very famous songs about love, home, nature and simple life. She’s precisely famous in Palestine thanks to her album “Al-Quds Fil Bal” (Jerusalem In My Heart), which was released in 1967 and included well-known songs about Jerusalem and Palestine such as “Zahrat El Mada'in” (Flower of the Cities) and “El Kod's El Atika” (Old Jerusalem).
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