Doha Dawar
Ashraf Thuneri
Doha: I came back the other day to see the sleepless Souq Waqif. Even after 2:30 midnight, noises are everywhere. Football fans from different countries are dancing with flags, chanting slogans, singing into hand-held mics and dancing to the rhythm of records. Lines of revelers and hookah puffers line sidewalk seating at restaurants and coffee shops.
Women, children and old people, including those with babies, keep pouring in. When we reached the oldest hotel, Bismillah Hotel, we heard singing and dancing in the same rhythm. After Bismillah and going towards Mushairib, a number of young people standing on the side wall of The Village Hotel on the corner are waving Algerian, Tunisian, Moroccan and Palestinian flags. They and the young men and women thronging the alley are singing together. La..liberte..la..liberte…. Lyrics that excite us too. One stopped. The number of people singing and participating kept increasing. Any listener will be interested in knowing the lyrics of the song. This song to the young man who was of Arab origin who was nearby… A doubt that
He hesitates to say: This is a freedom struggle song. 2019 is the song that Algeria enthusiastically took over. Abdurraouf Deradji, a young Algerian singer and rapper nicknamed Soulking, sings. Soolking lives in Paris as an undocumented refugee. The song, which emerged during protests in the streets of Algeria, became more popular as it became a rallying cry that forced the resignation of ruler Abdelaziz Boutefalka. Uploaded on YouTube in March 2019, this song has been watched and listened to by crores of people. (339,136,156 viewers). This is a song from the group Ouled El Bahdja, a musical band in Algerian football stadiums. Soulking was writing a few lines for them in French. Laliberte means freedom. Arabic verses are also mixed in at the end. The song, which was composed and sung for football enthusiasm, later shook the Middle East as a protest song. Once again, football is the song of passion and the struggle has come to Qatar in full force. In the corridors of Souq Waqif, those who join the Arab nation as they sing… La..Liberte..La..Liberte.. are borderless. Football is the only limit.