Rim Banna: The voice of Palestine | Al Jazeera World

This is the story of a much-loved Palestinian singer-songwriter whose life encompasses creativity, artistic success, political activism and personal tragedy.
Rim Banna was born into a creative family in Nazareth in 1966. Her mother was the Palestinian poet Zouhaira Sabbagh and she was raised listening to famous artists like Fairuz. At 16, she was deeply affected by the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacres, something that would later heavily influence her music. She studied at a conservatory in Moscow and her own compositions often put Palestinian poems, including her mother’s, to music.
Banna began her career recording Palestinian children’s songs, but her powerful and emotional music ultimately reached an international audience. In 2003, she sang on the Lullabies from the Axis of Evil album, through which female singers from the Middle East, Norway, North Korea, Cuba and Afghanistan sent an anti-war message to a world embroiled in the Iraq War.
Banna’s music is poetic and emotional; her political message uncompromising. She often performed in colourful embroidered gowns and her songs focused on Palestinian suffering, especially in the West Bank.
She was a genuine artistic talent, but her life was tragically cut short. In 2009, Banna was diagnosed with breast cancer. After a nine-year battle with a terminal illness, she died on March 24, 2018. Thousands attended her funeral in Nazareth where she was born 51 years before.
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[@g.iskandar90]

May her beautiful music and memory always be present! Free Palestine!!! 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸

[@Kwnstantina88]

From the river to the sea re!!!!! From the RIVER TO THE SEA!!!! 🇵🇸🇬🇷 We stand with Palestine! And we will till we die!

[@outernothingness1177]

I'm crying my heart out watching this. God rest her soul

[@marinatula]

Such a courage! God bless her and her people

[@nusantorosudaryoto423]

*FROM INDONESIA VIVA PALESTINA*

[@syedzafar4156]

Beautiful Song 🎵 🎉 PALESTINIAN are suffering badly WITHOUT 🎉 FOOD 🎉 WATER 🎉 ELECTRICITY 🎉 MEDICINE for INJURED. People's 🎉 VERY SAD 🎉

[@fugcxshjiokyff8611]

Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[@w.neuman]

"R.I.P." : *(Rim Banna)👼 "FREE~PALESTINE".!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🇵🇸 €¥£ ^ 🇺🇸

[@simretdaniel3697]

From ethiopia love her

[@zouinaandrea8168]

Free Palestine ❤

[@MarkLawsonY3K]

Angels in heaven are in awe. When we are born, we go to heaven. ❤ IMHO. Lawson

[@gersondelimadacosta4160]

Hoje descobri essa linda voz. Espetacular. Quero que todo o Brasil conheça Rim Banna. Pena que se foi tão jovem.

[@gersondelimadacosta4160]

A música Malek quase decorei, de tanto que ouço. Muito legal. Também assisto a Al Jazeera ás vezes. Valeu

[@gersondelimadacosta4160]

@FABIO py2 obrigado pela dica. Me impressiona que ela era de Nazaré, onde Jesus viveu sua infancia . Fico imaginando que esses ritmos não deviam ser estranhos ao Mestre, digo, essa base rítmica.

[@gersondelimadacosta4160]

Com certeza.

[@gersondelimadacosta4160]

@FABIO py2 Obrigado novamente. Cara, tem muita coisa legal. Falte é tempo. Tem um canal de reportagens da roça Chico Abelha. Também quero ver tudo, tudo. Obrigado novamente.

[@fawzimahmud2494]

رحمة الله عليها وغفر لها وأسكنها الفردوس الأعلى. لقد كانت حقآ من أجمل النساء واجود المغنيات. وانها فنانه بارعه بصوت جميل وقوي مليء بحب الوطن. سلام عليك

[@sania9985]

Can I have English translation of this poem plzzz

[@fozia6377]

💔

[@naimabelgacem7516]

Allah yarhamak

[@AmelChiheb]

😢

[@lambui2091]

Please give me name of the piano'theme song

[@rediscoveringfood9643]

One who says music has no language is amazing. This sound is amazing I waanna use in my next KZbin contents. Will there be copyright issues?? 😅

[@hanaagamal3331]

🇵🇸❤️

[@sabinekatsavrias4422]

if this dude is trying to score points with trump he needs to make a 5 page picture book.

[@nimomimi1716]

Israel was to cast even in heaven

[@user-pb7oj3tv4g]

UAE donot approve it

[@radenprasetyo8234]

Sorry mam, the world is busy with Armenia