"Questa terra è mia"
"This land is mine" è un video animato realizzato nel 2012 da Nina Paley ,fumettista americana,
e come ammette lei stessa, vista la terribile situazione di questi giorni tra Palestina ed Israele, purtroppo sempre attuale.
Scrive su Facebook Nina Paley:
"Sad to say this little animation will never go out of style. "Lucky" me, I guess.Il video racconta la storia della terra più contesa da sempre: Israele/Palestina/Canaan/Levante.
https://vimeo.com/50531435"
I toni tragici del racconto vengono smorzati da uno stile vagamente comico e da una musica dai toni allegri: il tutto mirato a costruire una sensazione di tragi-comicità che raggiunge il suo apice nel finale, quando è la morte stessa ad affermare contenta “this land is mine”.
La canzone eseguita nel video, è “The exodus song”; testo di Pat Boone ed eseguita da Andy Williams.
This Land is Mine
La satira amara di Nina Paley
La fumettista americana, che spesso si confronta con il mondo arabo e in particolare con la storia e la cultura ebraica, ripercorre tremila anni di conflitti e si scaglia contro il mito del possesso della Terra Santa. Un disegno insieme naif e cruento.
Dal Blog di Nina Paley
la presentazione dei protagonisti del video:
Who’s Killing Who? A Viewer’s Guide
Because you can’t tell the players without a pogrom!
Early Man
This generic “cave man” represents the first human settlers in Israel/Canaan/the Levant. Whoever they were.
Canaanite
What did ancient Canaanites look like? I don’t know, so this is based on ancient Sumerian art.
What did ancient Canaanites look like? I don’t know, so this is based on ancient Sumerian art.
Egyptian
Canaan was located between two huge empires. Egypt controlled it sometimes, and…
Assyrian
….Assyria controlled it other times.
….Assyria controlled it other times.
Israelite
The “Children of Israel” conquered the shit out of the region, according to bloody and violent Old Testament accounts.
Babylonian
Then the Baylonians destroyed their temple and took the Hebrews into exile.
Then the Baylonians destroyed their temple and took the Hebrews into exile.
Macedonian/Greek
Here comes Alexander the Great, conquering everything!
Greek/Macedonian
No sooner did Alexander conquer everything, than his generals divided it up and fought with each other.
No sooner did Alexander conquer everything, than his generals divided it up and fought with each other.
Ptolemaic
Greek descendants of Ptolemy, another of Alexander’s competing generals, ruled Egypt dressed like Egyptian god-kings. (The famous Cleopatra of western mythology and Hollywood was a Ptolemy.)
Seleucid
More Greek-Macedonian legacies of Alexander.
More Greek-Macedonian legacies of Alexander.
Hebrew Priest
This guy didn’t fight, he just ran the Second Temple re-established by Hebrews in Jerusalem after the Babylonian Exile.
Maccabee
Led by Judah “The Hammer” Maccabee, who fought the Seleucids, saved the Temple, and invented Channukah. Until…
Roman
….the Romans destroyed the Second Temple and absorbed the region into the Roman Empire…
….the Romans destroyed the Second Temple and absorbed the region into the Roman Empire…
Byzantine
….which split into Eastern and Western Empires. The eastern part was called the Byzantine Empire. I don’t know if “Romans” ever fought “Byzantines” (Eastern Romans) but this is a cartoon.
….which split into Eastern and Western Empires. The eastern part was called the Byzantine Empire. I don’t know if “Romans” ever fought “Byzantines” (Eastern Romans) but this is a cartoon.
Arab Caliph
Speaking of cartoon, what did an Arab Caliph look like? This was my best guess.
Speaking of cartoon, what did an Arab Caliph look like? This was my best guess.
Crusader
After Crusaders went a-killin’ in the name of Jesus Christ, they established Crusader states, most notably the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Mamluk of Egypt
Wikipedia sez, “Over time, mamluks became a powerful military caste in various Muslim societies…In places such as Egypt from the Ayyubid dynasty to the time of Muhammad Ali of Egypt, mamluks were considered to be “true lords”, with social status above freeborn Muslims.[7]” And apparently they controlled Palestine for a while.
Wikipedia sez, “Over time, mamluks became a powerful military caste in various Muslim societies…In places such as Egypt from the Ayyubid dynasty to the time of Muhammad Ali of Egypt, mamluks were considered to be “true lords”, with social status above freeborn Muslims.[7]” And apparently they controlled Palestine for a while.
Ottoman Turk
Did I mention this is a cartoon? Probably no one went to battle looking like this. But big turbans, rich clothing and jewelry seemed to be in vogue among Ottoman Turkish elites, according to paintings I found on the Internet.
Did I mention this is a cartoon? Probably no one went to battle looking like this. But big turbans, rich clothing and jewelry seemed to be in vogue among Ottoman Turkish elites, according to paintings I found on the Internet.
Arab
A gross generalization of a generic 19-century “Arab”.
A gross generalization of a generic 19-century “Arab”.
British
The British formed alliances with Arabs, then occupied Palestine. This cartoon is an oversimplification, and uses this British caricature as a stand-in for Europeans in general.
The British formed alliances with Arabs, then occupied Palestine. This cartoon is an oversimplification, and uses this British caricature as a stand-in for Europeans in general.
Palestinian
The British occupied this guy’s land, only to leave it to a vast influx of….
European Jew/Zionist
Desperate and traumatized survivors of European pogroms and death camps, Jewish Zionist settlers were ready to fight to the death for a place to call home, but…
Desperate and traumatized survivors of European pogroms and death camps, Jewish Zionist settlers were ready to fight to the death for a place to call home, but…
PLO/Hamas/Hezbollah
….so were the people that lived there. Various militarized resistance movements arose in response to Israel: The Palestinian Liberation Organization, Hamas, and Hezbollah.
….so were the people that lived there. Various militarized resistance movements arose in response to Israel: The Palestinian Liberation Organization, Hamas, and Hezbollah.
State of IsraelBacked by “the West,” especially the US, they got lots of weapons and the only sanctioned nukes in the region.
Guerrilla/Freedom Fighter/Terrorist
Sometimes people fight in military uniforms, sometimes they don’t. Creeping up alongside are illicit nukes possibly from Iran or elsewhere in the region. Who’s Next?
Sometimes people fight in military uniforms, sometimes they don’t. Creeping up alongside are illicit nukes possibly from Iran or elsewhere in the region. Who’s Next?
and finally…
The Angel of Death
The real hero of the Old Testament, and right now too.
The real hero of the Old Testament, and right now too.
The Exodus Song, “This Land is Mine”
(Lyrics by Pat Boone. Sung by Andy Williams)
This land is mine
God gave this land to me
This brave and ancient land to me
And when the morning sun
Reveals her hills and plains
Then I see a land
Where children can run free.
So take my hand
And walk this land with me
And walk this lovely land with me
Tho’ I am just a man
When you are by my side
With the help of God
I know I can be strong.
Tho’ I am just a man
When you are by my side
With the help of God
I know I can be strong.
To make this land our home
If I must fight
I’ll fight to make this land our own.
Until I die this land is mine!
Da dietro queste mura
Ho sentito la tua canzone
Oh, dolci parole
La musica che si gioca
Il mio mondo si illumina
Il più dolce che ho sentito
E ' possibile
Che ho toccato e trasformato
Oh Signore, prego infine
Finalmente le cose stanno cambiando
Questa terra è mia, ma ti lascio regola
Farvi passare e la domanda
Basta che sai di che questa terra è mia
Così trova la tua casa e stabilirsi in
Oh, io sono pronto a farvi
Basta che sappiamo che questa terra è mia
Dopo tutte le battaglie e le guerre
Le cicatrici e le perdite
Io sono ancora la regina del mio dominio
E la sensazione più forte ora
Le pareti sono giù un po' di più ogni giorno
Dal momento che sei venuto, finalmente, finalmente le cose stanno cambiando
Questa terra è mia, ma ti lascio regola
Farvi passare e la domanda
Basta che sai di che questa terra è mia
Così trova la tua casa e stabilirsi in
Oh, io sono pronto a farvi
Basta che sappiamo che questa terra è mia
Seguire i giorni che ho viaggiato da solo
In questo posto freddo e incolore fino ad ora
È quello che ho dovuto pagare
Questa terra è mia, ma ti lascio regola
Farvi passare e la domanda
Basta che sai di che questa terra è mia
Così trova la tua casa e stabilirsi in
Oh, io sono pronto a farvi
Basta che sappiamo che questa terra è mia
Questa terra è mia e mi lasci si regola
Io ti permettono di navigare su richiesta
Basta che sai di che questa terra è mia
