Arabic Stories: S2E4: Wayne Insaaniyyetna? وين إنْسانِيِّتْنا؟ Where is our humanity?

I choose to share with you today a piece of news I had seen recently along with my thoughts about the rising racism and fascism around the world.

Ending the episode with a snippet from a favorite song of mine- Ana Mosh Kafer- I am not faithless- by Ziad Rahbani. Scroll down for some of the lyrics translated below.

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The vocab for the story:

They are chatting- 3am eydardishu عًم يْدَرْدِشو

Holding- maasek ماسِك

A knife- sikkeena سِكِّينَة

He threatens them- beyhaddidhum بِيْهَدِّدْهُم

Forbidden- mamnoo3 مَمْنوع

The police- el shurta الشُّرْطَة

Drunk- sakraan سَكْران

Racism- el 3unsuriyya الْعُنْصُرِيَّة

Fascism- el faashiya الْفاشِيَة

It is rising- 3am tizdaad عَم تِزْداد

Brotherhood- u5uwwa أُخُوَّة

Hospitable- midyaafeen مِضْيافين

They treat me- bey3aamlooni بِيْعَلْموني

Violence- 3unuf عُنُف

Refugees- laaji2een لاجِئين

Humans- bashar بَشَر

To provide- waffir وَفِّر

The system- el nizaam النِّظام

Song's intro lyrics:

Ana mish kaafir bas el joo3 kaafir- أنا مِش كافِر بَس الجُّوع كافِر - I am not faithless but hunger is.

Ana mish kaafir bas el marad kaafir- أنا مِش كافِر بَس الْمَرَض كافِر - I am not faithless but sickness is.

Ana mish kaafir bas el fa2er kaafir, wil zell kaafir- أنا مِش كافِر بَس الْفَقِر وِالذِّل كافِر - I am not faithless but poverty and humiliation are.

Ana mish kaafir lakin shu ba3millik iza ijtama3u fiyye kil el ishya el kaafre- أنا مِش كافِر لاكَن شو بَعْمِلِّك إذا اجْتَمَعو فِيِّ كِل الْإشْيا الْكافْرِة - I am not faithless but what do you want me to do about it if all the makings of faithlessness manifest within me?