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    Art print depicts the key events of Beirut's "Battle of the Hotels" in the year 1975 - it is based on Mayssa Jallad's Master's thesis ("Beirut’s Civil War Hotel District: Preserving the World’s First High-Rise Urban Battlefield")

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    Cover designed by Josette Khalil, Leen Charafeddine, Maya Chams, and Mayssa Jallad. Back cover and label designed by Leen Charafeddine.

    Available from Six of Swords in the UK at the following link: sixofswordslabel.bandcamp.com/album/marjaa-the-battle-of-the-hotels

    The vinyl version of "Marjaa" is a co-release by Ruptured and Six of Swords.
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Lyrics by Mayssa Jallad.
Music by Mayssa Jallad and Fadi Tabbal.

lyrics

Al Irth

كانتْ أولُ حرب ِ أبراج ٍ في العالمِ
يَدرُسونَها في الجيش الأمريكي
ورِثناها
في حاضرنِا العنيفِ
حاولوا محوَها في اتفاقِ الطائفِ
وفي مشروع ِ وسطِ بيروتَ التجاريِّ
ضاعت خريطتي من يدي
وضاع الناس في أحياء الآخرين
...
انتهتِ المعركةُ في آذارِ ستةٍ وسبعين
وانتهت معاركٌ أخرى وانتهى غزوُ اسرائيل
ولكنَّ الحربَ لم تنتهِ
لكنَّ الحربَ لن تنتهــــــــيْ
ما دُمنا نصوتُ للحمرِ والزرقِ في البرلمانِ
لن تنتهي

And it was the first highrise urban battle in the world
A case study for the American Military
We inherited it
In our violent present
They tried to erase it in the Taef Agreement
And in the Solidere project
The battle ended in March 76
But the war did not end
Other battles ended and the Israeli invasion ended
But the war did not end
The war will not end
As long as we vote for the Reds and Blues

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from Marjaa: The Battle Of The Hotels, released March 3, 2023
Mayssa Jallad: voice
Yara Asmar: metallophone
Fadi Tabbal: sound design

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Ruptured Records was founded in 2008 by DJ and radio host Ziad Nawfal and sound engineer & studio owner Fadi Tabbal, as an outlet for their activities as producers and promoters in Beirut. Ruptured releases music by artists from Lebanon and the MENA region in a variety of formats - with a strong focus on experimental rock and leftfield electronic music. ... more

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