{"id":1376,"date":"2026-06-01T15:01:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/?page_id=1376"},"modified":"2026-06-01T15:06:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:06:55","slug":"song-of-alaa-abd-el-fattah-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/song-of-alaa-abd-el-fattah-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Song of Alaa Abd El-Fattah Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Open-Network-Code-for-Freedom-Sonauto.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Code for Freedom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Verse 1]<br>Lines scrolling down a dark display<br>He tapped at truths they wished away<br>Typed in the Cairo heat<br>Codes to keep the network sweet<br>Open systems meant the air was shared<br>Because he cared<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Chorus]<br>Alaa Abd El-Fattah<br>Alaa Abd El-Fattah<br>Righteousness is more than just a word<br>Your liberty is heard<br>Through every firewall<br>Over the prison wall<br>One voice for us all<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Verse 2]<br>Tahrir Square turned into a dock<br>He watched the iron heavy lock<br>A warrior behind the glass<br>Refusing to let justice pass<br>Civic duties etched in prison ink<br>Helping us think<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Chorus]<br><strong>Alaa Abd El-Fattah<\/strong><br>Alaa Abd El-Fattah<br>Righteousness is more than just a word<br>Your liberty is heard<br>Through every firewall<br>Over the prison wall<br>One voice for us all<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Bridge]<br>What is right but to state the fact<br>Refusing to follow a scripted act<br>Every blogger knows your name<br>Turning darkness into flame<br>Alaa Abd El-Fattah<br>The code remains<br>Without the chains<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Chorus]<br>Alaa Abd El-Fattah<br>Alaa Abd El-Fattah<br>Righteousness is more than just a word<br>Your liberty is heard<br>Through every firewall<br>Over the prison wall<br>One voice for us all<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Post-Chorus]<br>Still writing<br>Still writing<br>He is writing<br>He is free<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Code for Freedom [Verse 1]Lines scrolling down a dark displayHe tapped at truths they wished awayTyped in the Cairo heatCodes to keep the network sweetOpen systems meant the air was sharedBecause he cared [Chorus]Alaa Abd El-FattahAlaa Abd El-FattahRighteousness is more than just a wordYour liberty is heardThrough every firewallOver the prison wallOne voice for us [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1376","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1376"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1382,"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1376\/revisions\/1382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}