A cewar Al Jazeera, gidan George Tuttrey mai sauƙi yana cike da farin ciki ko da lokacin ritaya, yayin da yake zaune kusa da 'yarsa da jikoki. Duk da haka, ganuwar launin toka mai laushi waɗanda ke da halayen gidaje na Sweden ba su da kama da gidan mashahuran mawaƙa a duniya.
An haife shi a Nazareth (wani birni a arewacin Falasdinu) a shekara ta 1946, wannan Kirista Bafalasdine, da dogayen gashinsa, masu launin alkama, da faffadan tabarau, da kuma idanuwansa na huda, ya tuna yadda garinsu ya canza tun yana yaro ta hanyar gina matsugunan da Isra’ila ke yi ba bisa ka’ida ba.
A cikin shekarun 1960, Nazarat ta zama cibiyar ayyukan Falasɗinawa tsakanin ɗimbin ƴan gudun hijira na cikin gida. Al'ummar Palastinu masu kishin addini da kiristoci da musulmi, tare da kishin siyasarsu, sun zaburar da wata babbar waka ta zanga-zangar da George Tuttrey ya yi, wadda ta fara fitowa a Arewacin Turai a karshen shekarun 1970 kuma ta farfado bayan shekaru da dama bayan yunkurin duniya na yaki da yakin Gaza.
"Ranar Palestine," waƙar George Tuttrey ta 1979 game da Falasdinu, ta ɗauki sabon salon rayuwa tun farkon yaƙin da Isra'ila ta yi a Gaza a ranar 7 ga Oktoba, 2023. "Rayuwar Falasdinu ta dade tare da Sihiyoniya." Dogon rai, ranka ya dade, ran Falasdinu..."
Bidiyon wadannan zanga-zangar ya yi saurin yaduwa, hade da wannan waka, "Rayuwar Falasdinu," kuma ta sami ra'ayoyi sama da miliyan 5 kan TikTok tun daga Oktoba 2023. Sashin sharhi ya cika da magoya baya daga Afghanistan, Pakistan, da Turkiye suna nuna soyayya ga wakar Falasdinu.
An fara ne a shekara ta 1972 tare da bullar ƙungiyar kiɗan Kuffia, wadda ta ƙunshi manyan mawaƙa biyar: Totari, Michel Koraitem, ɗan wasan Palasdinawa wanda danginsa suka gudu daga Urushalima a 1948, da kuma 'yar Sweden uku Karina Olsson (mawaƙa), Bengt Karlsson (mai buga sarewa) da Mats Ludalo (guitar, mandolin da oud player).
Sunan kungiyar yana nufin chafiyyah, tufa da aka santa da kerawa na musamman a matsayin alamar tsayin daka na Palasdinawa. Kungiyar Koffie ta yi zanga-zangar adawa da yakin Vietnam da wariyar launin fata a Afirka ta Kudu a cikin 1970s. A lokacin, Gothenburg, birni ne na al'ada ga masu aiki, ya kasance cibiyar masu fafutuka da ke tallafawa ƙungiyoyin haɗin kai na ƙasa da ƙasa, gami da zanga-zangar adawa da wariyar launin fata a Afirka ta Kudu da Yaƙin Vietnam (wanda ya kasance daga 1955 zuwa 1975).
Ƙungiyar ta kasance sananne musamman a tsakanin masu sauraron kiɗan na hagu na hagu waɗanda suka rayu kuma suka shaka yanayin tunani na zamantakewa da anti-imperialism a cikin 1970s Sweden. Amma wasannin da kungiyar ke yi a kasashen waje ne ya fi daukar hankalinsu.
Shekara guda bayan hambarar da gwamnatin Shah Pahlavi, a watan Fabrairun 1980, Totari ya rubuta wata waka da aka sadaukar domin gwagwarmayar Iran. Domin nuna godiya ga goyon baya da taimakon kungiyar 'yantar da Falasdinu, masu neman sauyi na Iran sun bukaci wata kungiyar mawakan Palasdinu da ta gudanar da kida a Tehran. Don haka, ƙungiyar Kuffa ta yi, tare da ƙungiyar 'yan wasan Chile (da ke birnin Stockholm da kuma rera waƙoƙin adawa da mulkin mallaka), a cikin buɗaɗɗen kide kide da fitulun mota.
Louis Barhouni, wani mawaƙin Falasɗinawa mai bincike a gudun hijira kuma darektan wani ɗan gajeren fim ɗin game da ƙungiyar Kuffia, ya ce: "Sautinsu ya kasance na musamman; Sun haɗa al'adun gargajiya na Larabawa da kiɗan Scandinavia. Ya ƙara da cewa ƙungiyar Kuffa ta aika da saƙon ƙarfin kiɗan da bai dace ba kuma ya kawo kiɗan juyin juya hali zuwa kololuwar wasan kwaikwayo a Iran da Gabashin Jamus.
Ya tuna: “Lokacin da na zo Sweden a shekara ta 1967, mutane ba su san komai game da Falasdinu ba, sun ɗauka cewa hamada ce kuma babu Falasɗinawa a wurin. Wannan ya motsa shi ya soma aiki don ilimantar da al’ummar yankin ta hanyar waƙar cewa Falasɗinawa suna wanzuwa. Dukan albam huɗu da Koffie ya fitar a cikin shekaru goma an rera kuma an shirya su a Yaren mutanen Sweden.
An san Kuffia a matsayin rukuni na farko da ya fara waka game da Falasdinu a cikin harshen Sweden, wanda ya karya al'adar kade-kade da kade-kade na yaren Larabawa, wanda a baya ya yi magana kawai ga masu sauraron Falasdinu da mazauna yankin Larabawa.