Featuring: People of Earth

“As long as one dissident is in prison, our freedom will not be true. As long as one child is hungry, our life will be filled with anguish and shame. What these victims need above all is to know that they are not alone; that we are not forgetting them, that when their voices are stifled we shall lend them ours, that while their freedom depends on ours, the quality of our freedom depends on theirs.”
ELIE WIESEL

POEMS / POETRY / LETTERS


“To my Uncle” a poem on FB from a 1989 martyr, dedicated to the FF today
facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1582846...

@GadityAlhuriya: A survivor from #Tripoli – “From all the writing I did, this is the only thing stuck in my memory. I wasn’t…(a poem )
tumblr.com/xar3ceqtta

Poem
facebook.com/note.php?created&&note_id=...

Poem of a martyr by Aya – “Don’t Cry for Me”
facebook.com/note.php?note_id=101501290...

Freedom Fighters (arabic) Song/Poem
mp3twit.com/9iq
And this one:
youtube.com/watch?v=0__rFyM2FQA

WOMEN OF THE REVOLUTION
youtube.com/watch?v=XvMtCp8cgtE

Poem and vid, in Arabic
youtube.com/watch?v=tMgNNVPETWQ

الشاعر.wmv a poetry in civil war (Arabic)
youtube.com/watch?v=IIcCrYUVEOE&amp

Libyan Poetry LibyaLRijal
youtube.com/watch?v=Us3GxgzR1kI

Poem of the Libyan revolutionary – قصيدة ثورية ليبية LoadingDZ
youtube.com/watch?v=MaxsdzFn49E

ليبيا فقط / رد ورفلة على القذافي Respocty20 Poem
youtube.com/watch?v=s61sdfqfMAQ

Khaleel Alshebrami poem to Libyan youth needs to broadcast thru Tripoli V for Vendetta style upload 3/5 not translated
youtube.com/watch?v=ceJIV7CCudM&fea...

sba7 el 5er final +.wmv TamimLibya poem
youtube.com/watch?v=6JTwLIpSkzo

Sa7eb 3omry TamimLibya poem
youtube.com/watch?v=5R33SCxhGn8

أجمل و أروع قصيدة قيلت في قرد قرود أفريقيا… wimuslim poem

youtube.com/watch?v=PLp65C8dXIY

ملحمة الكشاف – الزنتان – للشاعر مفتاح الزنتاني (poem in ARABIC)
youtube.com/watch?v=0CzoGO9b5Mc&fea...

يا سيف الظلم القذافي poetry song zawia17feb
youtube.com/watch?v=h0ilSFHYTjY

زيد تحدى يا معمرالقذافي، أبيات شعرمن ليبيا ‫ To Gaddafi from Libya (poem)
youtube.com/watch?v=-i97gDidbF8

Poet from Bani Walid
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb6fRNrUOFg

A letter:
3/12 Do You Have a Clue, Mr. Presidents?
presstorm.com/2011/03/do-you-have-a-clu...

5/19 No Illness But This Place:
Libya’s national lyric-epic.
(The article gives some history, however the title is that of a poem composed in the 1930’s by Rajab Buhwaysh, located under the article,)

english.libya.tv/2011/05/19/no-illness-...

6.24 New video of Gaddafi forces in AlKashaf Forest near Zintan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcxHHMv1mHA&amp...

6.24 TRIPOLI – LIBYA ONLINE SHOW – 15/6/2011
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRkZAHdNJQo

6/25 Unseen: A rare aerial look at #Libya’s remote Fezzan. Ancient societies thrived and collapsed as the rains came and went is.gd/tu2Jde or ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/10/fezz...

6.25 Video collection of the revolution
feb17.info/videos

6.28 Leaving Libya: How I learned to Appreciate Everything I’d Taken for Granted
shabablibya.org/news/leaving-libya-how-...

6.28 Little history King Mohammed Idris .. Declares the independence of the Libyan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6E7VcCqlFQ&fea...

7/02 A poem about real men , a real chief is there when needed.
(arabic, below rough translation of description)
poem name is chieftan or a sheik – to be down to earth , a humble etc ,
not by sitting on a hi chair but to go down to battle when its time for good cause.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzSueWJzK3M

What’s Happening On The Other Side
A survivor from #Tripoli
( A poem )
whatshappeningontheotherside.tumblr.com...

7.07 Wonderful poem in an accurate description of a tyrant Gaddafi
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZLpruqGy04

7/07 On Thursday 7th July 2011, @MoAm84 said:
Open letter to all Pro-Gadaffi:
www.twitlonger.com/show/bji9kl

An early Gaddafi victim: Dr Amr Al- Nami: Scholar, poet & Cambridge graduate
The following three verses are a near translation from a touching poem in Arabic, written by the martyr in his prison cell back in 1974 and addressed to his mother..
Mother… don’t you worry now… don’t show them you’re sad!
How about a smile now… I hate to see you weak…I hate to see you feeling bad!
Mother don’t show them they’re winning… Mother don’t show them you’re aching
You see, we have towered high above the tyrants. Mother, we’re men but they’re not!

أماه لا تجزعي بل وابسمي فرحا فحزن قلبك ضغف لست أرضاه
أماه لا تشعريهم أنهم غلبوا أماه لا تسمعيهم منك أواه
إنا شمخنا على الطاغوت في شمم نحن الرجال وهم يا أم أشباه
saharatrekker.blogspot.com/2011/06/dr-a...

On Sunday 3rd July 2011, @LibyaAlHurraTV said:
UNTITLED – POETRY OF THE REVOLUTION
Libyans are now facing Gaddafi with much anger
For all the years we have been feeling like strangers
Under a regime full of corruption and danger
More like a MAFIA cause if you talk they hang ya
Now how can I thank ya?
Except by the fire that you like
You’re a liar in my sight
Your TV is full of lies
When they see me they say I’m a rat they despise
Why? Only cause they have seen truth in my eyes?
We’re not surprised having learnt your tricks
From the back of our minds you’re a sick
ill with a decease called over pride
You’re nothing to me, absolutely nothing to my kind
Cause we like to live free, you don’t know how we feel inside
My mind state is now revolutionary, we have no choice but to ride.

On Sunday 3rd July 2011, @LibyaAlHurraTV said:

UNTITLED – ANONYMOUS REVOLUTIONARY POET
Rivers of oil flowing away as we’re watching in silence
Once we try to speak the streets become full of sirens
Man, are we tired? after 42 years of oppression and gun fire
Politicial prisoners described as lost dogs and liars
We have to speak for the freedom we continue to seek
We have to pick up the gun and fight for the weak
Fight for the stolen, raped and killed on the streets
Fight for the truth, bullets carry words spoken by the youth
Telling the world we’re free even though we weren’t equiped to shoot
Rather be dead but free instead of alive but kicked by their boots
You dont need to explain to me their anti-aircrafts have explained enough
Before that we were taught by their glocks and handcuffs
Whenever you try to speak they go to show that they’re taugh
But now we’ve had enough!
It’s retaliation whenever they try to bust
Shoulder to shoulder with the revolutionatires we trust
Never dare to care about those who never cared about us
It’s the moment of our truth against their lust
When we tried to speak they did not want to discuss
Grabbed their anti-aircrafts and fired them at us.

On Sunday 3rd July 2011, @LibyaAlHurraTV said:

UNTITLED – ANONYMOUS REVOLUTIONARY POET
What about those you tortured
Punishing freedom of speech like it’s murder
Trying to keep the revolution from going further
But there ain’t no stopping time by giving orders
There ain’t no stopping us from destroying your forces
Your supporters don’t realize that 42 years ain’t exactly short notice
It’s a rise up by the un-married and un-employed you left at their lowest
You’re the Pharoh and they’re the Moses
To Victory they are definitely the closest
So you can do magic and drop some hocus pocus
We guarantee it won’t take away our focus.
end

a poem ..anonymous poet we are the arabS of the capital whose people uprising …..from the east to the west
We are the Arabs of Tajourah ….. From the east we came out like eagles
we want you to know ugly picture ….that your presence in the centre of the capital has devastated it
we are the arabs of the capital whose people are uprising ….. from the east to the west
we are in souk el jomaa ….. people with good reputation
youth boys and girls united in jommaa ….. we ask you to spare us seeing you ,
we are the arabs of the capital ….. from the east to the west
we are the heart of Dahmani ….. we will make you drink the bitter
And if you dont understand we will double it ….. Tripoli is uprising you will never intimidate or scare it
we are the arabS of the capital whose people uprising …..from the east to the west
we are proud people ….. we are fighters of FASHLOUM
WE came to double your anxiety …and make you suffer .
we are the arabS of the capital whose people uprising …..from the east to the west
We are young of the city ….. we went out and you openned fire on us
that increased our strength and determination ….. and our land is more angry than ever .
we are the east and the west …..we are devoted to fight for our land
we are the capital l that rised despite its suffer ….. and the end of the injustice.. we WILL write IT
Long live FREE Libya
end


A tribute poem to Mo Nabbous, brave martyr of Libya, freedom, and truth:

Libya AlHurra…” Check check check…hello, can everyone hear me”
True dedication of one man’s effort
He was the eyes and ears in the land of the desert
Armed with not a machete or a gun
But with something to show what the tyrant has done.

So on goes with the uprising of red black and green
The likes of which they have not personally seen
To rid of this dictator so cruel and obscene
The shabab of today will never be green.

Our brave young and old battle every day
And proved the world of the Massacre’s way
That someone needs to stop his evil play
We are innocent civilians, Girdaffy go away.

With a true warrior’s boldness and filming might
He was showing the world the ugliness and the fright
That injustice and oppression were the Libyan’s plight
And true freedom to each is God’s given right.

Driving! A phone at hand, the camera in the other
He was skilled, multitasking and seemed under cover
Went out with his tools to prove the lies and the horror
Dying’s not the problem but losing the battle means more slaughter.

Since the beginning we followed the Revolution
You showed more than just loyalist’s aggression
Through your live stream and communication
You showed, the epitome of Courage lies in the hearts of True Libyans.

Response from the outside world was slow to react
On that faithful day when they planned to attack
The heavy bombardment was heard in that last track
Our Mo shaheed and others, Allah took them back.

Last thoughts to say about our brave courageous soldier
Today, news of truth of which you were the Founder
You left a legacy like the Lion of the dessert
The heart of Mo, a True Libyan Freedom Fighter.

By Revolutionary Me…March 19, 2011

The Freedom Fighters are willing to lose their lives for
FREEDOM of speech,
Freedom from oppression, suppression, aggression, abomination, siege, cruelty, inhumanity, barbarity, wickedness, evilness…just to name a few.
And many died and many are still…until
Shaheed Allah,
Inna lillah wa inna ilayhi rajioon.
Libya Al Hurra….inshaAllah
The end

Revolutionary ME



Remember me with laughter
As I leave along the tide
Remember our days together
As the waves come back to you
Remember our promises to keep
As the sun rises to a new day
Remember our spoken words
As the raindrops touch your face
Remember our last goodbye
As the roaring thunder cries
Remember that as we stood united
Our voices echoed loudly
And as the ship sails off to sea
(end of poem written in memory of Mo)


8/27 A tribute to Libya
http://shabablibya.org/uncategorized/a-tribute-to-libya


8/9 I Have No Heart New Libya.wmv
(poem/vid, english)
youtube.com/watch?v=kDyfL3PuWcY

8/14 Libya Gaddafi Rhyme (RAP)
youtube.com/watch?v=dtWu4F5zj_M

8/15 Libya (poem in english)Great vid
youtube.com/watch?v=yzt1J0ijWpo

DEF Poet Hashali (channel)
www.youtube.com/user/hashali
In his words: “Words inspire action, positive action is what I hope to inspire”
My Revolution
www.youtube.com/user/hashali#p/a/u/1/oZ8Kq-Ivr6o




ARTICLES / EDITORIALS

Jan 15th, 2008  Welcome to Libya - A summary of Libya and its peoples
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzXcg_k7Og0&amp

The Libya Campaign
Four months into the NATO air campaign, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi is still in power, protected by loyalists and mercenaries. Americans are weary of war, and patience in Europe is also wearing thin. But NATO must not give up.
www.nytimes.com/2011/07/01/opinion/01fr...

Lion of the Desert roars for Libya’s rebels www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2011/j...

Gaddafi’s son Saif’s £11m mansion: Squatters enjoy plush surroundings | Mail Online
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-136491...

3/3 KhalidM and feb17.info article
complex.com/tech/2011/03/meet-the-rappe...

3/29 KHALED M. US-Libyan Rapper article
articles.cnn.com/2011-03-29/entertainme...

Where are all the revolution flags coming from? | Libya February 17th
libyafeb17.com/2011/03/breaking-zaw...
right-now/

Chose Dignity
exador23.tumblr.com/post/3695361381/cho...

Newssites, Solidarity
piratepad.net/dNWiz0vipP

3/19 Rami Assassinated
irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2011/0…
libyans_revolt omarLibyan Irish singer Rami Assassinated Mar13 by Gaddafi Security Agents cuz of his song “we win or we die”
youtube.com/watch?v=KiWxUIRbvSk&fea...
(wanted to keep video w/ article)

4/12 Music in New Libya – and more on WE WILL NOT SURRENDER and RAMI
theworld.org/2011/04/the-music-of-libya...

HISHAN MATAR Libyan novelist in UK – Embracing Uncertainty as sign of maturity
thestar.com/news/books/article/978982

6/5 Libyan street protest art – in pictures
Graffiti and fly posters vilifying Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are popping up
in Benghazi and other cities that have fallen to the rebels
guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2011/j...

6/12 In verse and prose, Benghazi liberates speech feb17.info/news/in-verse-and-prose-beng…

6/30 Arab Spring shows human rights are for everyone, everywhere – UN official
www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=3...

7/01 ’We’ll take over Tripoli in three weeks’
While rebels are fighting a mere 70 kilometers from Tripoli, Deutsche Welle spoke with Mokhtar Milad Fernana, the main rebel commander of Libya’s western front at his headquarters in Zintan, in Nafusa mountains.
www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15203533,...

7/03 In Libya’s fight, band plays revolutionary rap
www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/in-libya...

Audio: The Road Into Libya Clogged With Challenges
feb17.info/news/audio-the-road-into-lib...

7.05 Dispelling Libyan Myths (good article by writer Anne Marlow who spent several weeks in Libya)
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1107/S00049/d...

7/07 Libya’s rebel street artists take aim at Gadhafi
www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/52146500-68...

7/09 **blog**The Lawless and Lesser Libyan Endeavour
unboundcore.blogspot.com/2011/07/trace-...

Libya from colonization to Gaddafi’s “Freedom, Socialism and Unity” (anti-Q)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT-lFUwVebA&amp

Libya's other wealth: Archaeological treasures
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/09/03/libya.archaeological.sites/


Libya from colonization to Gaddafi’s “Freedom, Socialism and Unity” (anti-Q)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT-lFUwVebA&amp

8/31 Back to the Desert – Tinaiawen
www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/08/31/ar...

9/2 The Song of Libya’s Revolution: A Bombmaking Businessman Comes Up with a Hit
www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,...




INTERVIEWS

Rock star and activist Yusuf Islam talks about this latest song inspired by the popular uprisings in the Arab world.
youtube.com/watch?v=L8V_btPmoqQ

Freedom of expression explodes in Libya (street art, Benghasi)
youtube.com/watch?v=Z5M8s77pvKY

6/24 Photographing Libya’s violent conflict
*interview w. photog incl.
For most of Col Muammar Gaddafi’s decades in power, foreign journalists had been blocked from entering Libya.
But now, amid the months of conflict, the country’s story is being broadcast to the world.
Among those capturing the powerful images is photographer Sebastian Meyer who covered the early days of the conflict and has plans of returning.
bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13912339

Video: The Painter Sisters, new Arts in free Libya
feb17.info/media/video-the-painter-sist...

7/02 Libya Freedom Song (Rock) – سيبقى وطني حراً
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKng4Z-d76w

BanatLibya- Brave, Strong, Courages, Libyan women – بنات ليبيا
www.youtube.com/watch?v=luSg1pQts-c&amp

Our New-Born Dawn By Rukaya El-Turki
http://tearsforfreedom.tumblr.com/post/9726393534/our-new-born-dawn

12/24/10 Poem on Jannah by Ammar - Sweet poem and video presentation (general religious, Islamic, spiritual, not Libyan specifically)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Uv7mNOaYVE

11/25/11 She Asked... (If I loved her....)
http://shababliby.com/shabab/?p=1676