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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
LFinii’ huwwe ṫayr min L Janne, bixiic ḱamsmiit sine, byekol aṫyab l’axceb w bimalle ljaw min ṡawto ssamewe laḣad ma yiḣtiri’ bi nnar. W baxd ma yifna bi nnar, L Finii’ bi’um min rmedo ta yirjax yxiic ḱamsmiit sine jdiide.
La alef ssniin, l’arḋ lle ḣimlet jbel Libnen w ġamarit L baḣr LMitwassitv, ma idret tirteḣ abadan. Arz Rrab lle zaraxo Allah xa jbel Libnen lbayḋa mitl ttalej, cef ḣdud Libnen sexa btikbar w sexa btizġar. W nnes lle xaco b'awwal modon bi teriiḱ l ḣaḋara txazzabo min hajmet ktiire, kenet tdammer mudonon marra baxd marra xa madd tteriiḱ.
Bas, mitl L Finii’, nnes lle ḱallaṡo min l ḣvarb xa ṫul emo min tahḣt rrmed w xammaro baladon aḣla min ma ken. Wille ḣtallo Libnen keno deyman yfillo mahma tvawwal iḣtilelon.
LFinii’ ḋall ytviir fo’ Jabal Libnen biriico ddehabe w l'aḣmar mitl nnar, w y’aḋḋe ḣayeto yḱabbir xan xażamit l’arḋ w caxba bi ṡawto lbiixa'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 biḣib lḣayet w caxb ma bimut. |
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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