Manakir (Nail Polish)

Album: Ghanni 3an Ta3rif
Lyrics: Haya Zaatry
Composed by: Haya Zaatry
Perform by: Haya Zaatry

Manakir – Nail Polish
We wake up early in the morning
We put on blush and nail polish
Searching for a meaning
Rules that need to be broken
And we say that God is mighty (Allah kbeer)
We complain, but no one listens
I feel like I am…
Moving on my own
In a traffic jam, that’s suffocating my imagination
Fake masks walking in the streets 
Arrows pointing the direction, but my way
Is in the other side 
Oh girl, your words are dangerous
Keep your secret hidden (in a well)
Don’t let anyone hear us
You don’t know what could happen
It is no longer clear
Whose with us and whose against us 
I feel like I am… 
Moving on my own
In a traffic jam, that’s suffocating my imagination
Fake masks walking in the streets 
Arrows pointing the direction, but my way
Is in the other side 

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“Ghanni A`an Taa`rif” (Singing Sexuality) is a Palestinian youth music project, and an initiative of alQaws for Sexual and Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society.  The project emerged from the desire of alQaws activists to reach out to Palestinian youth. alQaws aspired to open new discussions about sexuality and gender diversity in Palestinian society through music. Music is an expressive art form that has the potential to make us think and feel; it is a driver and catalog of revolutionary social movements, this one no exception.

The media campaign for the project was launched on the first of May 2013, primarily through Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and email. The Facebook page holds all relevant information about "Ghanni A`an Taa`rif", as well as all written and visual materials that were and will be produced. These include three promotional teaser videos directed by Eli Reziq and Shahd Issawi. The campaign also included graffiti painted on the walls of Jaffa, Haifa and other cities.

Click here to visit Ghani website.