Media Type:
Songs
Title
Wana Kol Ma'ol ('Whenever I Say')
Subject
Song
Description
The song addresses the situation in Egypt after the army's removal of Mohamed Morsy in July 2013. The narrator wants to give up and turn away from the problems facing Egypt but 'Mother Egypt tells me, “No, don’t give up son. I have nobody but you to carry me”'. The video clip shows scenes of everyday life in Egypt and images from the 25 January 2011 revolution and 30 June 2013 protests.
Massar Egbari, whose members are from Alexandria, was created in 2005. However, the band became very successful in the post-2011 period, which saw a flourishing of the independent music scene. They blend rock, jazz, blues and oriental music and their songs are mainly about social issues facing young people. They generally avoid being associated with particular political positions. Surprisingly for many of their fans, they recorded a song with Ahmed Sheba encouraging people to vote in the 2019 constitutional referendum. The referendum was contentious as it concerned extending the presidential term of Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi.
Creator
Massar Egbari
Publisher
YouTube
Date Published
Contributor
- Lyrics by Doaa Abdel Wahab and Ziad Aly
- Music by Hany El Dakkak
- Arranged by Massar Egbari
- Recorded and mixed by Ayman Massoud, Teatro Eskendria
- Produced by Iris Media, Hussein Anis, Ahmed Saleh
Rights
Massar Egbari
Language
Arabic
Date Created
25/09/2013
Tags
Citation
Massar Egbari, “Wana Kol Ma'ol ('Whenever I Say'),” Politics, Popular Culture and the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, accessed November 21, 2024, https://blue-owl.lnx.warwick.ac.uk/items/show/116.
Media
Translation
Whenever I say enough: "I have nothing to do with this anymore"
Egypt pulls my ears
And screams at me: “Son, don’t my son...
Don’t get lost in this world
Don’t leave me”
I say mother Egypt, I had enough
I am tired, enough!
The weight is too heavy
And I’m beat
Mother Egypt tells me,
“No, don’t give up son
I have nobody but you to carry me”
Every time I say: "Enough
I have to forget you"
Mother Egypt tells me: “Who will help me with all my troubles?
Son, I left all my dreams with you”
I say mother Egypt, but it’s too much
Too many wounds
My blood is still spilling on my forehead
Mother Egypt tells me:
“Your blood is your adornment.
And with it, my son, my name will be engraved “
Egypt pulls my ears
And screams at me: “Son, don’t my son...
Don’t get lost in this world
Don’t leave me”
I say mother Egypt, I had enough
I am tired, enough!
The weight is too heavy
And I’m beat
Mother Egypt tells me,
“No, don’t give up son
I have nobody but you to carry me”
Every time I say: "Enough
I have to forget you"
Mother Egypt tells me: “Who will help me with all my troubles?
Son, I left all my dreams with you”
I say mother Egypt, but it’s too much
Too many wounds
My blood is still spilling on my forehead
Mother Egypt tells me:
“Your blood is your adornment.
And with it, my son, my name will be engraved “
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Duration
4m 25s
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