Mukhayyam Sabra

The revolutionary music of George Kirmiz/Kourmiz.

'We will fight them in every street, from the tallest houses, from the trees, from the rocks, WE WILL FIGHT THEM!'

I have been a witness to the ongoimg genocide and ethnic cleansing for many decades.

In the old days, George Habash and Leila Khaled were heroes of a Resistance that should have swept like wildfire throughout the world and George Kirmiz was its voice.  Events were inspired with his songs.

He never put hinself forward and he was a little unpopular in certain quarters because he was shy I think.  

His music is powerful and authentic.  He lived through nightmares in Lebanon that are being repeated now in Gaza and the Bank.  His music is part of the very fabric of my soul and always will be.

Mukhayyam Sabra

George Kirmiz and Resistance

My name is the people of Palestine.

Today I die,

Today I fight,

Today I live.

I never will have another name.

My name is the people of Palestine.

I am from Turmusiya,

And also from Tiberias,

I am the son of Arab Jersusalem,

Your son, Palestine.

Until victory... until the defeat of imperialism...I am the name of the people of the people of Palestine.

Ringing in my ears from time to time

Words of peace

Words of recognition and security...

But I don't understand it.

And my voice...my voice... the voice of my blood, yes. the eyes of my rifle.

George Kirmiz

George Kirmiz and Music for Palestine in Exile

The cassettes are old but the songs inspire so many memories of a time when energy ran high with hopes for an end to the Zionist Occupation and the rebirth of Palestine. It has been impossible to find CDs of the music of George Kirmiz. As the cassettes become less and less viable, there has to be a way to preserve the songs. He was a very talented composer and musician and insh'allah, remains so.



Perhaps the draconian legislature of the U.S. government with respect to 'affiliations' in certain political groups has rendered freedom of expression for musicians as well as others a risky business. Perhaps the political bankruptcy of certain Palestinian political parties that have failed to maintain a steadfast stance with respect to the Zionist entity has diluted the impact of some of these songs.

When they first were composed and sung, however, they quickened the pulse of their listeners. As part of the history of the Palestinian people in exile, they should be preserved. In any case, political parties come and go, mutate and divide. Ideas of liberation, identity and freedom never can be obsolete.

For Palestine, undivided and uncompromised!