
Une chanson révolutionnaire (A Song of Revolution) - Revisited
Duolingo French Podcast
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Duolingo French Podcast
Emel wanted to denounce the dictatorship and the country's inequality with her music, but she knew that openly criticizing President Ben Ali's regime was a serious act. So Emel decided to set the poem to music. The song, Kempti, Hora was born. It meant my words are free in Arabic, and it was about to take a life of its own. But it was not a very difficult time to do it. She had a great experience, and she was a very good person.
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