FWD: "Climbing up the Mountain - Reviving Folk Songs of Palestinian Resistance" - ArabLit Quarterly

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In this afikra FWD, Zayoun abu Mayleh forwards the ArabLit Quarterly article "Climbing up the Mountain - Reviving Folk Songs of Palestinian Resistance" by Shaimaa Abu Lebda. Zayoun talks further about folk songs and the song “Ya Tala'ayn El-Jabal”.

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