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Holiday Inn (March 21 to 29)

from Marjaa: The Battle Of The Hotels by Mayssa Jallad

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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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    Double-sided, 34 x 68 cm art print printed on 150gsm woodfree paper, with digital download code.
    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")

    Album sleeve and art print designed in Beirut by Josette Khalil, Leen Charafeddine, Maya Chams and Mayssa Jallad.

    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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    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.
Additional music by Sary Moussa and Pascal Semerdjian.
Produced by Sary Moussa.

lyrics

Holiday Inn (March 21 to 29)

يختبئُ ستةٌ في جسدي
اثنان على المدخلِ
اثنان على الثاني
إثنان على الرابع ِ والعشرين
أتى الصاروخُ الأحمرُ من المدرسةِ
دمرَ المِدفع الأرق على الأرضيِّ
مشَّطَ الحمرُ شَعري..
طابقاً ، طابقاً
هربَ الزرقُ كلهم ، إلّا القناصون
مسكَهُمُ الحُمرُ وألقوهُمْ من رأسي الى كعبي
ثم جرّوهمْ سحبوهمْ بالسياراتِ في المدينةِ

هرب الزرقُ إلى مركزِ المقاطعةِ الرابعةِ
حاربوا في الهيلتون والنورماندي
ولكنهم خسِروا المعركةَ وانقسمتْ مدينتي
غرباً وشرقاً
أهلاً وعقلاً

هرّبَ الزرقُ أهلَهُمْ
وتركوا باقي المسيحيين
صفّهم الحمرُ على الحيطانِ

Six of them hide in my body
Two at the entrance , Two on the second floor
Two on the 24th
The Red missile came from the school
Destroying the walls and heavy weapons on the ground floor
The Reds combed my hair floor by floor
All the Blues fled, except for the snipers
The Reds captured them and threw them
From my head to my heel
And then they dragged their bodies in the city
The blues fled to the Sector 4
They fought at the Hilton and Normandy
But they lost the battle and the city was divided
East and west, people and mind
The Blues saved their families and left the rest of the Christians
The reds lined them up on the walls

credits

from Marjaa: The Battle Of The Hotels, released March 3, 2023
Mayssa Jallad: vocals
Sary Moussa: synth and electronics
Pascal Semerdjian: drums

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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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