Mary Black & Ríoghnach Connolly with Mothers Against Genocide release new version of ‘A Woman’s Heart’ in solidarity with the mothers of Palestine

A Mother’s Heart for Palestine, with all proceeds going to charities directly supporting Palestinians.

Mothers Against Genocide, a female led activism group based in Ireland have released a haunting new version of Eleanor McEvoy’s song ‘A Woman’s Heart’, in solidarity with the mothers of Palestine.  

Mothers Against Genocide was created in October 2023. Their aim is to lend their voices to the mothers of Palestine and make sure that people know the names and faces behind the devastating numbers of dead coming out of Gaza. The group often use song to express their anger and anguish as the world watches a genocide take place and the powers-that-be stand back and allow it to happen. 

Fionnuala Nic Thom, who reworked the words for ‘A Mothers Heart for Palestine’, felt compelled to do so after months of seeing devastating pictures on her phone of dead children and the screams of mothers who had their children so brutally taken from them. She was cleaning her kitchen when ‘A Woman’s Heart’ began to play and the vision for the new ‘A Mother’s Heart for Palestine’ song came to her. 

“I knew that this song meant so much to many Irish women across the country and indeed across the globe and thought that maybe with the reworked lyrics for Palestine that people would open their hearts to Palestine and connect the love of a woman’s heart with the love of a mother’s heart.” 

‘A Mother’s Heart for Palestine’ has been brought to life with the generous support and involvement of so many artists and creatives, with music production by Donal O’Connor, and a powerful video by Gerard Black, Clem Bradley with Gaza footage from Fady Hossam Hanona. We particularly thank Eleanor McEvoy for trusting us with her song and our singers Mary Black, Roisin el Cherif, Ríoghnach Connolly, Áine Tyrrell, Leen, Sailhymn and Kanun player Aziz Abushark. 

A Mother’s Heart for Palestine can be downloaded for $10 via MyChannl, a new platform where supporters of Mothers Against Genocide can get uncensored access to learning resources, fundraising and lobbying campaigns, merchandise and mindfulness sessions.
 
https://mothersagainstgenocide.mychannl.com

All proceeds of the song will go to charities supporting Palestinians on the ground.  This song above all is a message of love and solidarity to our beautiful sisters in Palestine. We see you. We hear you. We grieve with you for all the sons and daughters that you have lost to the ongoing genocide in Palestine.

MAG Charity Single Artwork with Belfast Mural by Taqi Spateen