Media Type:
Songs
Title
Song "The Wall" by Youssra El-Hawary
أغنية "السور" ليسرا الهواري
Subject
Song
Description
The song was produced in 2012, lyrics by Walid Taher, sung and composed by Youssra El-Hawary, who also plays the accordion. The song satirises the building of barricades and walls (by the military and the police) to separate streets and neighbourhoods in the aftermath of the 2011 Revolution.
These walls were built to prevent the protesters from reaching certain streets around the Tahrir Square area, such as Mohammed Mahmoud and Sheikh Rihan streets, which lead to the Ministry of Interior building. The protesters subverted the security logics of the walls by daubing them in revolutionary graffiti. The song is critical, but light-hearted and humorous.
Creator
Youssra El-Hawary
Source
Publisher
YouTube
Date Published
08/04/2012
Contributor
- Walid Taher
Rights
YouTube Standard Licence
Related Resources
Language
Arabic
Date Created
08/04/2012
Tags
Citation
Youssra El-Hawary, “Song "The Wall" by Youssra El-Hawary,” Politics, Popular Culture and the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, accessed May 4, 2024, https://egyptrevolution2011.ac.uk/items/show/10.
Media
Duration
3.31 min.
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