[R-G] The Arab Conscience / الضمير العربي

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

<http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/alarian030408.html>

<http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1380976485995401321>

The Arab Conscience (Al Dameer Al Arabi, directed by Ahmad Al Arian),
a sequel to The Arab Dream (Al Hilm Al Arabi, 1998), premiered on Zoom
TV on 27 February 2008.  After the opening credits, the songs by
Wadee'a Al Safi and Mohammad Al Azabi, and an excerpt from The Arab
Dream, The Arab Conscience proper begins 6:07 minutes into the video.
It features 106 Arab singers, including Latifa, Hani Shaker, Nancy
Ajram, Khaled, Sherine, Saber Al Rebai, Redha Al Abdullah, Amal Maher,
Khaled Selim, Ahlam, Diana Karazon, Abdullah Al Rowaished, Wa'ad, Ehab
Tawfeeq, Mostafa Mahfooth, Amal Hejazi, Wa'el Jassar, Omniyah, Ammar
Hassan, Asalah, Jailani, Nancy Za'abalawi, Majid Al Muhandis, Amnah,
Lotfi Boshnaq, Yara, Omar Al-Abdullat, Nawal, Noor Mhna, Fatin Helal
Baik, and Mo'amin.  The video cuts back and forth between harrowing
images (from archival footage taken between 1998 and 2008) of deaths
and destructions inflicted upon Arabs by US and Israel wars and
occupations -- as well as scenes of intra-Arab conflicts and incidents
of terrorism -- with shots of singers whose songs urge the audience to
overcome the divide and conquer game played by the empire.  English
subtitles by Bashar Al-Ba'noon.

أنا رافضة أنا هيمنتك تحت ستار الحرية
أنا رافضة رأيك نصحك بإسم الديموقراطية
الحرية مش منحة تتفضل بيها علي
إرادتنا تمحي المحنة إصحي يا أمة يا عربية

<http://montages.blogspot.com/2008/03/al-dhameer-al-arabi.html>
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Yoshie
<http://montages.blogspot.com/>