Our Red Line. A spoken word piece about the Palestinian conflict.

This is an insight into the plight of the Palestinian people. It is a brief overview of the historical context that hopefully stimulates further research and reflection. Knowledge helps to lift the fog of propaganda, and our hope is that at the very least, we have spoken out against injustice.

It ends with an appeal to end the conflict and to treat all lives as equal.

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Our red line

Broken in two, this heart of mine
Bleeds for you, Palestine

If you want to know
What our red line is
Then take a minute
To understand this

Palestine you see
Is a land Holy
The Prophets roamed there
Since antiquity

For a thousand years
Under Muslim rule
All people were free
To enjoy this jewel

Since the first conquest
Year six three seven
Jews, Christians enjoyed
Their piece of heaven

The second Caliph
Umar was outraged
At the war Christians
Against Jews had waged

The Roman Christian
Rulers of the West
From the very start
Had Semites oppressed

Anti-Semitics
In Europe was born
Atrociously there
Jewish lives were torn

Broken in two, this heart of mine
Bleeds for you, Palestine

Seven hundred years
In Islamic Spain
Learn how the Jews lived
Without fear or pain

Read Maimonides
See how they rose high
The Conquistadores
They made this dream die

Recall the Crusades
What slaughter unleashed
And Saladin who
Forgave and released

The Muslim is not
Anti-Semite see
The West owned this mark
Until recently

The peak of this hate
The German Nazi
The guilt for which has
Weighed the West wholly

Our red line
Is Palestine

Then Zionists grew
In anger and grief
Balfour declared they
Could plot like a thief

Palestine we’ll take
No matter the cost
The Allies concurred
Whatever lives are lost

We’ll turn a blind eye
To every abuse
This victim is free
To inflict abuse


What care have we for
Palestine’s people
In Iraq we killed
A million people

International law
Won’t be applied here
We’ll use that elsewhere
For something more dear

Broken in two, this heart of mine
Bleeds for you, Palestine

Upon the blood of
Palestine we’ll forge
Israel’s new home
That old land we’ll gorge

Sabra, Shatila
Open genocide
Ethnic cleansing has
Let settlers inside

Refugees countless
Apartheid for all
Propaganda quells
Their pathetic call

Concentration camp
In Gaza erect
Persecute them more
Until they are wrecked

And if they attack
Pure victims we are
Who will dare question
How blameless we are?

Our red line
Is Palestine

And so dear listener
Understand this plight
Only then might peace
Resolve this old fight

Stop the aggressor
And give back their land
Even the UN
Has taken this stand

Innocent people
Should never be killed
But it works both ways
Understanding build

People should unite
What hurts one hurts all
This is our red line
Palestine does call

Our red line
Is Palestine

Lyrics/ vocalisation: Mudasser Hussain (23.10.23/ 8th Rabi’ Thani 1445)
Backing vocalist: Omar
Music Production: Tj Rehmi (MoodLab Studio)