In this song, rock band Cairokee put to music “Al-ahzan al-‘adeyya” (Ordinary Sorrows, 1981) by legendary vernacular poet Abdel Rahman al-Abnoudi. Abnoudi's poem paints a picture of defiance in the of face of oppression: 'We’re the people who get hit by the front of a shoe and the end of a heel, we are the people of beauty and the difficult way'. The song is evocative of the emotions that drove the 25 January 2011 uprising.
Cairokee shot to fame during the 25 January uprising with their song ‘Sawt al-Hurriya’ ('Voice of Freedom') to become one of the most successful Arab rock bands.