The Hawk of Lebanon

The Hawk of Lebanon

"The Hawk of Lebanon" is a popular song in the Arab World about Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. The song was written by little known boy band Northern Band from the Palestinian territories at the height of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.

The song is being played on Arab TV networks, used as a ring tone for cell phones, passed around on e-mail and distributed on CDs and tapes. Music stores have trouble keeping up with demand, in part because Israeli soldiers have confiscated some Nasrallah tapes and CDs at checkpoints.Israeli police say the song is considered inflammatory and that tapes and CDs containing it would be confiscated.

The lyrics consist of constant repetition of a few simple rhymes: "Hey, you, hawk of Lebanon. Hey, you, Nasrallah. Your men are from Hezbollah and victory is yours with God's help."Lead singer and manager Alaa Abu al-Haija, 28, said he gives the audiences what they want to hear. "I see people turning toward Islam, so I have to sing to that," said Alaa, sitting in the living room of his family's two-story house in the northern West Bank village of al-Yamun. [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14514284/ Boy band celebrates Nasrallah - Mideast/N. Africa - MSNBC.com ] ]

Palestinian fever for the song has brought together supporters of Hamas and Fatah who are usually divided in the Palestinian society.

Trivia

* Another song by an Israeli group called "Yalla Ya Nasrallah" was also written about Nasrallah during the same time, however, the song has an alternate view of Hassan Nasrallah.

References

* http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2006/200610/20061006.html
* http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2356628
* http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=12903

External links

* http://www.theworld.org/wma.php?id=08172006

References

* [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2356628 Hawk of Lebanon]
* [http://www.albeed.com/vb/showthread.php?t=81497 Lyrics] (in Arabic)


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