Is it even possible to hear this song and not get goosebumps?
Well, probably if you don't understand Arabic.
And it's a damn shame too, because this song never fails to make me tear with Egyptian nationalistic pride.
"Sout El Horeya", meaning "The Sound of Freedom", was filmed in Tahrir during the Egyptian Revolution and doesn't promise anything, doesn't insult anyone, it simply expresses the new sound of freedom ringing through the streets of Egypt from the people themselves.
The different signs that people are holding say things such as: "We heard the voices of those unheard,""Let's not use the word "I" anymore", etc.
Every time I start to get frustrated with the chaos of the post-revolution transition,
I listen to this song and I'm brought right back.
Tahya Masr.
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