{"id":2259,"date":"2020-02-08T21:00:32","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T01:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=2259"},"modified":"2020-02-08T21:40:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T01:40:38","slug":"her-name-is-talia-lahoud-an-angelic-voice-singing-for-beirut-all-homelandsand-for-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/02\/08\/her-name-is-talia-lahoud-an-angelic-voice-singing-for-beirut-all-homelandsand-for-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Her name is Talia Lahoud: An angelic voice singing for Beirut, all homelands&#8230; and for peace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Talia-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Talia-1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Talia-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 85vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption>Talia Lahoud, a picture taken from the internet<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Whilst working and listening to the radio on the internet, Bambi heard a moving song about Beirut (the one below) interpreted by a beautiful male voice. She took a quick break to search the web trying to find this piece and uncover the man behind the voice. This is how she came across Ms. Talia Lahoud playing the guitar and singing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What a moving talent. Indeed, she cannot help not to share her discovery with you, hoping you will enjoy it too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first video is about a famous song for Beirut by Feiruz (sub-titled in English). It was written during the Lebanese civil war: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"&quot;Li Beirut\/\u0644\u0628\u064a\u0631\u0648\u062a&quot; - Fairuz, a song to honor my country Lebanon?? through these hard times?\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rVnlWbJk3KU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The second song below, also sub-titled in English, is dedicated by Ms. Talia Lahoud to all the countries of the world. It is called \u201cMawtini\u201d and it literally means my homeland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Bambi understands well, this has been the national anthem of Palestine at one point in time and then of Iraq. What a moving poem! What a superb music. According to a Wikipedia page, \u201cIt is a popular poem written by the Palestinian poet \u02beIbr\u0101h\u012bm \u1e6c\u016bq\u0101n in 1934 and composed by the Lebanese composer Muhammed Flayfil\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mawtini_(Ibrahim_Tuqan_song)\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mawtini_(Ibrahim_Tuqan_song)<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"&quot;Mawtini - \u0645\u0648\u0637\u0646\u064a&quot; (My Homeland) an arabic song to all the countries around the world??\u2764\ufe0f?\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7coB8DU0xgo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last but surely not the least, the third piece is John Lennon\u2019s \u201cImagine\u201d. \u00a0No need for introductions obviously. Of note, Ms. Lahoud sings it in both English and Arabic (her Lebanese Arabic version whilst the two songs above are in Standard Arabic):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"&quot;Imagine&quot; - John Lennon &quot;\u062a\u062e\u064a\u0651\u0644&quot; (ARABIC &amp; ENGLISH version) Cover by Talia ??\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FQam-CLE560?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you Ms. Lahoud for your talent. Please keep nurturing it and generously sharing with us! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mind you, Bambi is particularly moved to see (and imagine you also) singing in the entrance of your building in Beirut. Who knows? Perhaps you are a neighbour of her parents? Or maybe one of her sisters ?? Neighbours or not, from the same birth country or not, we are all surely relatives in humanity. The latter knows no boundaries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whilst working and listening to the radio on the internet, Bambi heard a moving song about Beirut (the one below) interpreted by a beautiful male voice. 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