Educaiton Packet

Ibrahim Qashoush: Sang of Freedom

By Special Correspondent in Hama for The Telegraph

7:00AM BST 10 Jul 2011

He was no pop superstar, but Ibrahim Qashoush wrote the stand-out song of the Syrian uprising.

"It's time to leave, Bashar," its lyrics go. "Freedom is near."

Some of its verses were frankly rude: "Screw you, Assad," says one line.

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