Happy Valentine’s Day! Here’s an audiobook excerpt from THE RIVER HAS ROOTS, narrated by Gem Carmella, with my sister & me singing “Tarweedeh Shmaali,” or “The Lovers’ Hymn,” in the background.
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I first heard "Tarweedeh Shmaali" on a 2014 album called ZAJEL by El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe. You can read more about it & the tradition of mloulah -- encoding secret meanings in songs, or obscuring their straightforward meanings -- here.
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