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A Song to the People of Gaza [1]

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Date: 2024-01-20  

Putting a human face on Gaza. Mohammed Assaf is a popular Palestinian singer who grew up in the Khan Younis refugee camp in Gaza.

Assaf became a sensation across the Arab world after winning the second season of Arab Idol. From Wikipedia:

Mohammad Assaf travelled from Gaza Strip to Egypt to audition for Arab Idol. It took him two days to reach Egypt by car due to complications on the border. At the beginning, he had to convince the Egyptian security at the border crossing, where he was stuck for two days, to leave Gaza. Once he reached the hotel where the auditions were taking place, the doors were closed in which they did not accept anymore auditions so he jumped over the wall. After he jumped over the wall, he couldn't get a number to audition; he sat hopelessly in the hall where other contestants were waiting for their turn. He started singing to the contestants,[8] and a Palestinian contestant, Ramadan Abu Nahel,[9] who was waiting to audition heard him and gave him his number saying, "I know I won't reach the finals but you will."[8]

There is no official English translation of the lyrics that I could find. You can use Google Translate on the Arabic lyrics here: www.lyrics-arabic.com/…

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