{"id":873,"date":"2010-11-10T23:25:15","date_gmt":"2010-11-10T23:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=873"},"modified":"2010-11-13T23:28:02","modified_gmt":"2010-11-13T23:28:02","slug":"the-grand-homeland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/the-grand-homeland\/","title":{"rendered":"The grand homeland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arab unity (\u0627\u0644\u0648\u062d\u062f\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629) has always been a dream for Arab masses (\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0645\u0627\u0647\u064a\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629). It seems a very far fetched one at the time being, but in the fifties and sixties, it was a very important political concept, and a driving force for peoples and politicians alike. The formation of the Arab League was meant to be a step on the way, but of course the political economy of the Arab world has not made it possible for this unity to be realised.<\/p>\n<p>There is a very nice song that expresses the dream of Arab unity called (\u0627\u0644\u0648\u0637\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0643\u0628\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0631) or \u201cthe Grand Homeland\u201d. It was produced in 1960 to celebrate unity between Egypt and Syria and the founding of the High Dam (\u0627\u0644\u0633\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0644\u064a); lyrics by Ahmed Shafiq, and music by Mohamed Abdel Wahab. This song is performed by a number of singers from all around the Arab world, Abdel Halim Hafez (Egypt), Sabah (Lebanon), Warda (Algeria), among others.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0648\u0637\u0646\u064a \u062d\u0628\u064a\u0628\u064a - \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0637\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0643\u0628\u0631\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wEiE1bB00AE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Chorus of the song goes as follows:<\/p>\n<table dir=\"rtl\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"213\" valign=\"top\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0637\u0646\u064a \u062d\u0628\u064a\u0628\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0637\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0643\u0628\u0631<\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u064a\u0648\u0645 \u0648\u0631\u0627 \u064a\u0648\u0645 \u0623\u0645\u062c\u0627\u062f\u0647   \u0628\u062a\u0643\u0628\u0631<\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0648\u0627\u0646\u062a\u0635\u0627\u0631\u062a\u0629 \u0645\u0627\u0644\u064a\u0629 \u062d\u064a\u0627\u062a\u0629<\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0648\u0637\u0646\u064a \u0628\u064a\u0643\u0628\u0631 \u0648\u0628\u064a\u062a\u062d\u0631\u0631<\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0648\u0637\u0646\u064a \u0648\u0637\u0646\u064a.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"324\" valign=\"top\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">My beloved   homeland, \u00a0the grand homeland<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Day after day,   \u00a0its glories grow<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">And its   victories, \u00a0fill its life<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">My homeland   grows, \u00a0and it is liberated<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">My homeland, my   homeland<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arab unity (\u0627\u0644\u0648\u062d\u062f\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629) has always been a dream for Arab masses (\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0645\u0627\u0647\u064a\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629). It seems a very far fetched one at the time being, but in the fifties and sixties, it was a very important political concept, and a driving force for peoples and politicians alike. 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