{"id":9957,"date":"2018-10-17T10:15:28","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T08:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2018\/10\/17\/borders-promises-a-song-of-palestinian-yearning"},"modified":"2018-12-31T11:50:58","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T09:50:58","slug":"borders-promises-a-song-of-palestinian-yearning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2018\/10\/17\/borders-promises-a-song-of-palestinian-yearning\/","title":{"rendered":"Borders &#038; Promises: A Song of Palestinian Yearning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"embed\"><iframe width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sQiU_jNWXok?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p><em>Written and performed by <a href=\"http:\/\/jiwarbarcelona.com\/5207-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Haya Zaatry<\/a>, a Palestinian Israeli singer-songwriter, architect, and social\/political activist, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/sQiU_jNWXok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this indie song<\/a> expresses the endless hope and yearning for freedom in this land. An English translation of the poetic Arabic lyrics are provided below.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Borders &amp; Promises<\/h2>\n<p>So far no matter how close<br \/>\nSo far no matter how close<br \/>\nThe same sea and shore<br \/>\nThe same air and wind<br \/>\nNot exactly the same cage<br \/>\nBut the same wounded bird<\/p>\n<p>Borders and promises,<br \/>\nAnd the hope is near<br \/>\nYet far away<\/p>\n<p>I repeat, words that aren\u2019t certain<br \/>\nI repeat, words that aren\u2019t certain:<br \/>\nI will see you one day<br \/>\nYou will fall in love with me again<br \/>\nYou will be able to come here<br \/>\nAnd we\u2019ll walk hand in hand<\/p>\n<p>Borders and promises,<br \/>\nAnd the hope is near<br \/>\nYet far away<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written and performed by Haya Zaatry, a Palestinian Israeli singer-songwriter, architect, and social\/political activist, this indie song expresses the endless hope and yearning for freedom in this land. An English translation of the poetic Arabic lyrics are provided below. Borders &amp; Promises So far no matter how close So far no matter how close The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":9958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":[],"categories":[2604],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9957\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=9957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9957\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12807,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9957\/revisions\/12807\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9958\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=9957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=9957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=9957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}