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Kazem El Saher's latest tribute to Palestine, "Ya Qudsu Ya Madeenat Al Samaa", is a fine artistic work that testifies to a reality of Israeli falsehood and brutality against our people, and affirms our rights to our lands. Sustained by truth, conscience and God's words, the song narrates Jerusalem as our city of heavens, which once shouldered our spring of radiance until falsehood invaded. The song also accentuates Jerusalem as a core to our homeland Palestine, a truth often being blurred by some today. Kazem El Saher's "Ya Qudsu Ya Madeenat Al Samaa" comes as a sequel to his "Man Yonqizthul Insan". Who will save humanity and who will end the aggression? It's those whose hands have carried the stones of liberation; those to whom utmost reverence is held. Mosques previously described as bearing sorrowful minarets now firmly stand witness and sustain strength from assertions that we're here. The heroic liberation of South Lebanon by the Lebanese resistance, and the Palestinian people's recent honouring uprising (Al Intifada) against Israeli usurpation and brutality, have quenched hope into the hearts. "Madeenat Al Ahzan" (city of sorrow - as previously expressed in "Man Yonqizthul Insan") is now described as "Madeenat Al Samaa" (city of heavens), possibly denoting not only Jerusalem's religious significance, but also the incarnation of the heavens in resisting souls. Kazem El Saher's performance in "Ya Qudsu Ya Madeenat Al Samaa" is charged with emotions, expressly intensifying as his voice resonates with Allahu Akbar. The chanting of Allahu Akbar, signifying belief and principle, feels familiar when it comes to Kazem El Saher's mode of expression through nationalistic songs - recitations of Allahu Akbar were previously present in songs like "Ah Ya Arab" and "Masikan Oudi". Similarly, "Ya Qudsu Ya Madeenat Al Samaa" maintains the principle of religious tolerance often exemplified in others of Kazem's songs. Through this song, the religious significance of Jerusalem is emphasized for both Muslims and Christians, while simultaneously asserting Palestine and its heart Jerusalem as Arab Palestinian lands: "Here is Palestine and this is our Jerusalem.. like the soul, the most valuable to the living". The musical composition of "Ya Qudsu Ya Madeenat Al Samaa" comes distinguished in the manner of its Kazem-specific style and its changing melody. All through the song, the music generally transforms itself to fit the mood of the lyrics. The song opens with very subtle music and close-to-humming vocals, and gradually builds up energy as the lyrics progress from sorrowful depictions and reminiscences to forceful declarations. Another song, and another testimony to Kazem El Saher's sincerity, devotion, and talent� Music & Vocals: Kazem El Saher 
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