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Antoine G. Faddoul
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The Phoenix Shall Rise (2006) 36"x48" oil on canvas |
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LFinii’ illa ma y’um --Libnene
L Finii’ huwwe ṫayr min L Janne, biixiic ḱamsmiit sine, byekol aṫyab l axceb w bimalle l jaw min ṡawto ssamewe laḣadd ma yiḣtiri’ bi nnar. W baxd ma yifna bi nnar, L Finii’ bi’um min rmedo ta yirjax yxiic ḱamsmiit sine jdiide.
La aleef ssniin, l’arḋ lle ḣimlet jbel Libnen w ġamarit l baḣr l Mitwassitv, ma idrit tirteḣ abadan. Arz Rrab lle zaraxo Allah xa jbel Libnen l bayḋa mitil ttalej, cef ḣdud Libnen sexa btikbar w sexa btizġar. W nnes lle xaco b'awwal modon bi teriiḱ l ḣaḋara txazzabo min hajmet ktiire, kenit tdammer mudonon marra baxd marra xa madd tteriiḱ.
Bass, mitl L Finii’, nnes lle ḱallaṡo min l ḣarb xa ṫul emo min taḣit rrmed w xammaro baladon aḣla min ma ken. Wille ḣtallo Libnen keno deyman yfillo mahma ṫawwal iḣtiilelon.
L Finii’ ḋall yṫiir fo’ Jabal Libnen bii riico ddehabe w l aḣmar mitl nnar, w y’aḋḋe ḣayeto yḱabbir xan xażamit l arḋ w caxba bi ṡawto l biixa'id.
Max inno L Finii’ marrat ktiir bi tteriiḱ ma xec kil ximro, bas wa la marra illa ma em min rmedo ta yrandiḣ iṡṡet waṫan biḣibb l ḣayet w caxb ma biimut. |
Completed end of 2006, the painting represents the rebirth of Lebanon through the Phoenix rising from destroyed Beirut. It is the tale of Lebanon's sorrowful history with the surrounding nations, and the will of its people to resurrect.
At the bottom right side, the figures show a sequence of historic assaults against Lebanon with the Israeli war of July 2006 in the front. Behind it, a figure of Beirut falling to Syrian occupation in 1990. Further back, is the Israeli invasion of 1982. Then the Palestinian guerrillas control of Beirut in 1980 and so on back in history.
At the bottom-left side, figures show the revolutions and acts of resistance against the occupiers. A women holding a dead child, and a kid weeping over his dead mother brief the will of the Lebanese civilians against the Israeli attack of 2006. Behind it, the Cedar Revolution of 2005 that drove the Syrian army out of Lebanon, then acts from the peaceful resistance against the Syrian occupation since 1990, and the figures continue back in history marking some historic scenes from Lebanon's revolutions.
The series of Lebanese revolutions are marked with the Phoenixes rising above the scenes, while the ones showing the occupation are marked by fire, dark smoke and ruins
The painting was done between July and December 2006.
The Phoenix Shall Rise, the Song The Phoenix, the Constellation
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