I have received many OpEds over the years from women of power. By power I mean women who have spoken out, and live the life they speak about. All have discovered the many injustices women encounter, and want to expose them, and give a voice to those people who may not have the platform they have. This one comes from Alessia Ramusino.
"Yallah"
#RESPECTANDLOVE
Yallah is a hymn to love, love for life,
an immensely great and precious gift for every single living creature.
No one has power over the lives of others and everyone must be able to
enjoy rights that must be guaranteed.
Respect for life in all its aspects, religious freedom, the possibility
of educating oneself and acquiring a solid culture, work, the right
physical and material well-being are today indisputable rights and their
respect and their promotion measure the degree
of civilization that a society has achieved.
I studied and graduated in Science and
Politics at the University of Genoa choosing the Socio-political address
precisely because I always felt a strong motivation towards social
issues.
I chose a word deliberately in Arabic
and the song has the text in English, to enunciate a theme that involves
all peoples in a transversal way to geographical, geopolitical,
demographic, religious, cultural and social
class factors.
Yallah is an Arabic word of common use
which means "strength, strength, move". And this is precisely the
message that we want to give, or a warning for all to take not only
conscience of this social scourge but above
all to set in motion and in place, each according to their
possibilities, all the measures to defeat the phenomenon.
The Yallah project was born from the
presentation of the flashmob connected to the song, in several sites and
stages, first visible in the video clip >>>
https://youtu.be/FcCVJA17yVw
100 women who all together repeat
RESPECT AND LOVE in a universal march for the Elimination of Violence
Against Women. A clear message with an international aim, a very
touching moment with a very strong emotional impact.
Thus was born the vision of the artist,
Alessia Ramusino, of a flashmob that would unite women not only in
intent but also in appearance, dressing all in red, a color that has
many symbolism's from love, blood, luck,
passion: #100womendressedinred
The intent is to spread THE CULTURE OF RESPECT.
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| Alessia Ramusino |
“Yallah is undoubtedly a very important
song for me because it represents the commitment of an artist in facing a
social plague with her own soul, questioning herself and exposing
herself in first person. This is why
I created a path, which began on 8 March, the day when women come
together to defend their civil rights to arrive on 25 November, a date
designated by the United Nations General Assembly as the ‘International
Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women’,
calling on governments, international organizations and NGOs to
organize activities aimed at raising public awareness.
Many institutions, associations,
organizations, anti-violence centers, which in recent years have
supported and shared the project.”
The Yallah project has a beneficial purpose. Alessia Ramusino
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