Years in the making, "The Question" marks a turning point for YUS. It's a delicate pop anthem, unlike anything previously released, that manages to retain the depth and soul that initially drew listeners in.

It was written in Fall 2012, revised in 2017, and released May 21, 2021. The single includes the single version from 2017, and the demo version from 2012. Both were professionally mixed and mastered in Spring 2021.

The cover art is a thought form, one of many that inspired Wassily Kandinsky during his career. This one depicts a vague feeling of affection.

Experience the song visually on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLVWzCvbRq4

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The Question

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“Leve Palestina” (“Long Live Palestine”) was written in 1975 by Nazareth-born artist George Totari. After migrating to Sweden from Palestine following the 1967 war, and soon finding that anti-Palestinian racism made it impossible for him to work at a university, Totari concluded that the best way to teach the world about the history and plight of his beloved Palestinian people was through music. Along with other Palestinian immigrants in Gothenburg and a few Swedish allies, Totari formed the solidarity band Kofia, a group which remains active today despite decades of political censorship and repression. Totari explains the purpose of the group in simple terms: “I started Kofia in order to tell the people the story of my country.”

The song has since become one of the most popular anthems of the Palestinian resistance movement worldwide. It has been translated into Arabic, remixed into countless electronic versions, and adapted for a wide range of progressive causes.

We at Songs for Ceasefire are honored to have worked with George Totari in bringing this English version of the song to the movement to help meet this crucial moment in the history of the Palestinian struggle and the history of the world. We are bearing witness to a genocide unfolding in real time across our screens while the governments of the world appear unable or unwilling to stop it. At the same time, the majority of people around the globe are rising up in solidarity with the people of Palestine, recognizing in their cause a common struggle for freedom and dignity for all humanity. It is a moment when, as Totari wrote in this song nearly 50 years ago, “all the world will come to bear witness.” 

We are a group of musicians, singers, and cultural workers from many faiths and communities based in Chicago, IL, USA, working for a ceasefire and a free Palestine. Like Kofia, we are a solidarity musical project that grew out of the urgent need to harness the power of music to uplift the movement to stop the genocide of the Palestinian people, end the illegal occupation, and dismantle the Zionist apartheid state. 

We offer our version of the song in the same spirit as the original by Kofia: an act of musical solidarity to amplify the long-silenced cry of the people of Palestine for freedom, homeland, and self-determination. We sing this song to interrupt the silence. We sing because our souls demand that we speak loudly and with moral clarity, having heard the cries of the oppressed. We sing for a free Palestine, for freedom for all lands and all peoples. We offer this song to you to learn and to teach, to sing and to share on the streets, on stages, on social media, in your car, in jail cells, in the offices of your elected officials, and wherever the sound of our resistance needs to be heard. May it spread in a wave of joyful resistance to tyranny and fascism in all forms, like poppies across a wild countryside racked from bombs. Thank you for listening, for sharing, and for bringing this energy into every space where silence must be interrupted. 

Long live Palestine, Abolish Zionism!

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“Leve Palestina”
Song by George Totari © 1975
Originally recorded by Kofia

“Leve Palestina (Long Live Palestine)”
English adaptation by Adam Gottlieb
Recorded and produced by Adam Gottlieb and Songs for Ceasefire
At StarRise Studios (on Potawotomi, Odawa, and Ojibwe land)

Vocals: Adam Gottlieb, Leah Shoshanah, Ethan Aronson, Patrick Baranovskis, Deborah Adelman, Dan Eberhart, jireh l. Drake, Joseph Ozment
Guitar: Adam Gottlieb
Darbuka: Kai Movagh  
Bass: Patrick Baranovskis
Percussion: Adam Gottlieb
Artwork by Mouna K

Leve Palestina (Long Live Palestine)

Epiphany By: Ace Boogsz
Produced By: Louie LaFlare

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YUS is the sound of American artist Youceff Yunque Kabal. Drawing from an eclectic set of influences, YUS creates emotive soundscapes that strike listeners with their depth and impactful lyrics.

Contact: info@yusnotyus.com

Picture by Zayra Diaz

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