من النهر إلى البحر

Arabic

Alternative forms

  • مِنَ البَحْرِ إلَى النَّهْرِ (mina l-baḥri ʔilā n-nahri); مِن نَهْرِهَا إلَى بَحْرِهَا (min nahrihā ʔilā baḥrihā), مِن بَحْرِهَا إلَى نَهْرِهَا (min baḥrihā ʔilā nahrihā)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mi.na‿n.nah.ri ʔi.la‿l.baħ.ri/

Phrase

مِنَ النَّهْرِ إلَى الْبَحْرِ • (mina n-nahri ʔilā l-baḥri)

  1. (politics) "from the (Jordan) river to the (Mediterranean) sea", referring to the claim over all of Palestine including the territory of the State of Israel
    لَنْ نَرْضَى إِلَّا بِتَحْرِيرِ فِلَسْطِينَ مِنَ ٱلنَّهْرِ إِلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ.
    lan narḍā ʔillā bitaḥrīri filasṭīna mina n-nahri ʔilā l-baḥri.
    We will not content ourselves with anything but the liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea.

Descendants

  • English: from the river to the sea (calque)
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