11/05/2026
When I sing I sing for my Palestine, for Gaza, for my ancestors, for my grandmother who died with the key of her house that she was kicked out of in 1948 under her pillow hoping that one day she would return. But she never did.
I honestly feel their energy flowing through me! Their anger their rage their sadness! Generations of Palestinians who have been made refugees and experienced trauma no human every should! These stories are passed down to us and become part of our being, our identity. We carry their grief in every step. Not just the past grief but the ongoing grief that Palestinians have been experiencing for 78 years of living under the brutal occupation.
This song is a covor of a very beautiful palestinan folk song that talks about longing! Something us Palestinian are very fimliar with! So many of us devided by borders and checkpoint! We have no freedom of movement in Palestine or outside of it! Very hard to go between cities/villages because of all the checkpoints and settlor violence in the West Bank! To leave the country and come back is also a long grulling journey and we’re lucky! Because people in Gaza have livied in open air prison for the last 18 years... very very hard to leave unless you get permit which are very hard to get, if you get the chance to leave you know you will never rerun again unless Palestine is free that is. You have to choose between leaving your home/your community and everything you love, or staying but risking loosing your limbs or see your loved ones killed. Most Palestinans struggle to get visas to go anywhere! Our passport is very weak! Which means that Palestinians end up going to any country will give them asylum seeking etc! So many are scattered unable to visit family in other countries etc until they get the right papers which takes years!
