{"id":13117,"date":"2019-01-14T12:52:55","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T10:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2019\/01\/14\/identity-card-mahmoud-darwish-song-of-the-first-intifada"},"modified":"2019-01-14T16:25:30","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T14:25:30","slug":"identity-card-mahmoud-darwish-song-of-the-first-intifada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2019\/01\/14\/identity-card-mahmoud-darwish-song-of-the-first-intifada\/","title":{"rendered":"Identity Card: Mahmoud Darwish\u00a0Poem &#038; Song of the First Intifada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"embed\"><iframe width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qssdc_9XpJ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p><em>Originally written as a poem by iconic Palestinian poet\u00a0Mahmoud Darwish in 1964, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qssdc_9XpJ4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this song<\/a>\u00a0recalls the humiliation and frustration of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation, warning that it will eventually lead to violence.The poem was put to music and sung by Palestinian\/Lebanese musician George Qurmuz in the 1980s, and it was popular during the First Intifada.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Identity Card by Mahmoud Darwish<\/h2>\n<p>Record!<br \/>\nI am an Arab<br \/>\nAnd my identity card is number fifty thousand<br \/>\nI have eight children<br \/>\nAnd the ninth is coming after a summer<br \/>\nWill you be angry?<\/p>\n<p>Record!<br \/>\nI am an Arab<br \/>\nEmployed with fellow workers at a quarry<br \/>\nI have eight children<br \/>\nI get them bread<br \/>\nGarments and books<br \/>\nfrom the rocks..<br \/>\nI do not supplicate charity at your doors<br \/>\nNor do I belittle myself at the footsteps of your chamber<br \/>\nSo will you be angry?<\/p>\n<p>Record!<br \/>\nI am an Arab<br \/>\nI have a name without a title<br \/>\nPatient in a country<br \/>\nWhere people are enraged<\/p>\n<p>My roots<br \/>\nWere entrenched before the birth of time<br \/>\nAnd before the opening of the eras<br \/>\nBefore the pines, and the olive trees<br \/>\nAnd before the grass grew<\/p>\n<p>My father.. descends from the family of the plow<br \/>\nNot from a privileged class<br \/>\nAnd my grandfather..was a farmer<br \/>\nNeither well-bred, nor well-born!<br \/>\nTeaches me the pride of the sun<br \/>\nBefore teaching me how to read<br \/>\nAnd my house is like a watchman\u2019s hut<br \/>\nMade of branches and cane<br \/>\nAre you satisfied with my status?<br \/>\nI have a name without a title!<\/p>\n<p>Record!<br \/>\nI am an Arab<br \/>\nYou have stolen the orchards of my ancestors<br \/>\nAnd the land which I cultivated<br \/>\nAlong with my children<br \/>\nAnd you left nothing for us<br \/>\nExcept for these rocks..<br \/>\nSo will the State take them<br \/>\nAs it has been said?!<\/p>\n<p>Therefore!<br \/>\nRecord on the top of the first page:<br \/>\nI do not hate people<br \/>\nNor do I encroach<br \/>\nBut if I become hungry<br \/>\nThe usurper\u2019s flesh will be my food<br \/>\nBeware..<br \/>\nBeware..<br \/>\nOf my hunger<br \/>\nAnd my anger!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally written as a poem by iconic Palestinian poet\u00a0Mahmoud Darwish in 1964, this song\u00a0recalls the humiliation and frustration of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation, warning that it will eventually lead to violence.The poem was put to music and sung by Palestinian\/Lebanese musician George Qurmuz in the 1980s, and it was popular during the First Intifada.\u00a0 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