https://egyptrevolution2011.ac.uk/files/original/17423834faca73b52b759bc08ee42c22.jpg 7df8eb955123c0717de2c43e471fce90 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Songs Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Player html for embedded player to stream video content <iframe width="320px" height="240px" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UpuUZbkyN8A"></iframe> Translation A translation of the content. “From every corner of the silent cities Youth in their thousands Crawling, calling out For the death of the dawn They waited for dawn after dawn For the killing to stop For the grip to loosen And so, they went out to demand That the grip be gripped back And to offer a palm The blood Turned the square upside down As though melting copper I have an idea about the cities That light hates to enter And the grave that lies unhappy I have an idea about shame And the birth of hell The prison is in my hear And not a painting on a wall I told him ‘no sir, I’m sorry My country is spring and morning In my heart, there is still the cooing of the spring In my voice, there is still the neighing of the lamp The world is still alive, toing and froing Differing between darkness and light As confusing as my land is, it won’t be lost No one gets lost but a vast square We are the people Of beauty and the difficult way We’re the people Who get hit by the front of a shoe And the end of a heel We are the people Of beauty and the difficult way We’re the people Who get hit by the front of a shoe And the end of a heel And I can’t cry to my friends except at night I’m friendly with the moon I speak with it many times a month As for who killed me, No evidence appeared On the night of the procession The moon did not appear The stars were full Did not stop dancing or shivering When I heard the news The door got crowded Loved ones grabbed me This one washes This one washes me The other covers me in shrouds This one grounds a handful of dust I had specified I should only be carried on the shoulders of brothers Who had eaten together No betrayal nor traitors can be amongst them Or else my coffin won’t pass the door How beautiful it is to sleep on your friends’ shoulders You find out who your friends are, And who is lying You look for the friend with the noblest face In a time of fraud We are the people Of beauty and the difficult way We’re the people Who get hit by the front of a shoe And the end of a heel We are the people Of beauty and the difficult way We’re the people Who get hit by the front of a shoe And the end of a heel Spoken word Abdel Rahman Al-Abnoudi: “I looked around And felt I was among family Come and see the world from my place The pieces of life Have stopped us from looking Despite the nobility of pain and waiting We learned things The least of them is caution We slept for years Dreaming of our expected dreams The markets are filled with things Selling myths Spreading the land across the pavements With thought, and hunger, and spiders and the humiliation of the loaf of bread” “You are the stopping and we are the walking you steal food and we build houses we’re the sound when you want quiet yes, the sound when you want quiet we’re two people, two people, two people see where the first is, and where the second is? And here’s the line between the two You sold the land with its people On the world stage It’s now front and back Stomach and chest And the smell is wafting out We are the people Of beauty and the difficult way We’re the people Who get hit by the front of a shoe And the end of a heel We are the people Of beauty and the difficult way We’re the people Who get hit by the front of a shoe And the end of a heel Abnoudi overlaid: “if I am alone now, With time Generations will visit this cell For sure there is a generation Who are different When it sees it comprehends And when it comprehends it is not afraid You are the traitors Even if my senses betray me Take your prison keys with you And leave me my country My country is not your country And he left I told myself Only your jailer served you” English translation by Heba El-Sherif Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 'We are the people' by Cairokee Subject The topic of the resource Song Description An account of the resource In this song, rock band Cairokee put to music “Al-ahzan al-‘adeyya” (Ordinary Sorrows, 1981) by legendary vernacular poet Abdel Rahman al-Abnoudi. Abnoudi's poem paints a picture of defiance in the of face of oppression: 'We’re the people who get hit by the front of a shoe and the end of a heel, we are the people of beauty and the difficult way'. The song is evocative of the emotions that drove the 25 January 2011 uprising. Cairokee shot to fame during the 25 January uprising with their song ‘Sawt al-Hurriya’ ('Voice of Freedom') to become one of the most successful Arab rock bands. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cairokee Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://youtu.be/UpuUZbkyN8A Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cairokee Official via YouTube Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 22/09/2012 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Standard YouTube License Relation A related resource https://www.madamasr.com/en/2014/02/09/feature/culture/from-nationalism-to-resistance-and-back-again/ Language A language of the resource Arabic/English Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 22/09/2012 25 January 2011 revolution Abdel Rahman al-Abnoudi Adam El Alfy Cairo Cairokee defiance Egyptians freedom Heba El-Sherif nationalism oppression poetry repression resistance revolution Sherif Hawary Sherif Mostafa Tamer Hashem the people youth