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Yeh Hum Naheen (This is Not Us)
By missmoti86.
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"Yeh Hum Naheen," the song: www.youtube.com
The singers:
Haroon - en.wikipedia.org)
Hadiqa Kiyani - en.wikipedia.org
Ali Haider - en.wikipedia.org
Shafqat Amanat Ali - en.wikipedia.org
Ali Zafar - en.wikipedia.org
Strings - en.wikipedia.org)
Shuja Haider - composer and producer of the song. Ironically, there's no wiki page for him. Who would have thought? Wiki also says Deeyah is in the video when clearly she isn't (good eye, Toodles!). Wow, wiki is such an unreliable source. : P
I've heard this song last summer a lot when I was in Pakistan, but I wasn't sure what it was for. I usually just heard bits and pieces of it. Anyway, I was reading a Pakistani newspaper article and saw that that song was really to introduce a petition that asked Pakistanis to show that they are against terrorism.
According to the article www.youtube.com), in just four weeks, a third of the Pakistani population signed the petition. The number of people who signed this petition surpassed the amount of people who voted in the last Pakistani election... which may or may not be a good thing.
I really like the one quote in the article by Waseem Mahmood, who founded the campaign. He said, ?the power to stop all this happening lies with the people. The government and foreign powers really can?t do anything about it. This is about giving people a common platform to fight terrorism.?
Here's their website for more information: www.yehhumnaheen.org
I'm not sure if many of you already heard about it or not. It's highly possible since whenever I'm in school, I'm usually out of touch with current events. Either way, it's kinda nice to see this side of Pakistan... very cool. I'm interested in seeing where this goes. Hopefully it doesn't just end after the signatures.
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Jilanis: thanks :)

gtg, out ... with friends .. ooOOooooo ..

Yeah, so far it's a petition, but I mean with all the publicity that it has gotten, let's hope it brings about some kind of change. It's good to see a huge population (~63 million) of Pakistanis are united for some kind of cause... specifically one with a positive image. :)


Raid: I KNEW that's why you asked me who the singers were. lol jk... kinda. : P

Dunno who the female singer in the video is but she's gorgeous.

People highly under estimate the power of music. This is like the "we are the world" and "self destruction" campaigns of the past.
Thanks for sharing!! The music is beautiful.