{"id":30893,"date":"2024-12-03T21:12:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T01:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=30893"},"modified":"2024-12-03T21:12:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T01:12:07","slug":"ms-hiba-tawaji-laylat-el-milad-on-the-night-of-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2024\/12\/03\/ms-hiba-tawaji-laylat-el-milad-on-the-night-of-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Ms. Hiba Tawaji: &#8220;Laylat El Milad&#8221; [On the Night of Christmas]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Christmas-5-1024x627.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28174\" style=\"width:446px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Christmas-5-1024x627.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Christmas-5-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Christmas-5-768x471.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Christmas-5-1536x941.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Christmas-5-1200x735.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Christmas-5.jpg 1913w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Written during the Lebanese civil war (1975-1990), &#8220;<em>Laylat El Milad<\/em>&#8221; [<em>On the Night of Christmas<\/em>] is a beautiful Maronite hymn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly, the lyrics of this Arabic Christmas carol, which is about war, remain timely in the Land of the Cedars. This post ends with an English translation (<a href=\"https:\/\/shorturl.at\/7Ndab\">https:\/\/shorturl.at\/7Ndab<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bravo to the unique voice of Ms. Hiba Tawaji, which conveys the spirit of Christmas, namely of love and peace.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May love and peace prevail in Lebanon and in the entire Middle East, not just on the night of Christmas, but throughout the coming days, weeks, and years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Hiba Tawaji - Laylat El Milad (LIVE 2018) \/ \u0647\u0628\u0647 \u0637\u0648\u062c\u064a - \u0644\u064a\u0644\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u064a\u0644\u0627\u062f\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FjtrNS5uiKE?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>&#8220;Refrain<br>On the night of Christmas, hatred will vanish<br>On the night of Christmas, the earth blooms<br>On the night of Christmas, war is buried<br>On the night of Christmas, love is born<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">1<em>. When we offer a glass of water to a thirsty person, we are in Christmas<br>When we clothe a naked person with a gown of love, we are in Christmas<br>When we wipe the tears from weeping eyes, we are in Christmas<br>When we cushion a hopeless heart with love, we are in Christmas<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>2. When I kiss a friend without hypocrisy, I am in Christmas<br>When the spirit of revenge dies in me, I am in Christmas<br>When hardness is gone from my heart, I am in Christmas<br>When my soul melts in the being of God, I am in Christmas&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/heart-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29970\" style=\"width:184px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/heart-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/heart-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written during the Lebanese civil war (1975-1990), &#8220;Laylat El Milad&#8221; [On the Night of Christmas] is a beautiful Maronite hymn. Sadly, the lyrics of this Arabic Christmas carol, which is about war, remain timely in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30893"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30893"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30896,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30893\/revisions\/30896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}