A group of Brazilian newspapers commissioned the prominent journalist Boulos Tars to cover the events of the Great Syrian Revolution in 1925. The aforementioned journalist arrived in Syria, visited the land of Al-Mazraa, traveled between the villages of the mountain, saw with his own eyes the remains and wreckage of the French army, and returned to Brazil.
The Arab community decided to host him at the Arab Club in the Brazilian capital, Sao Paulo, on August 12, 1926. He began to explain the minute details of the greatest disaster that befell the French army at the hands of the revolutionaries of Mount Hauran. A group complained and did not believe what this great journalist said, and they almost interrupted him.
In these critical moments, the village poet Rashid Salim Al-Khoury stepped onto the main stage, saying:
Speak, for you are truthful, O Tars; he who sees is not like he who only touches.
Tell us, O stranger from home, what you see; tell the truth, for truth has no nationality.
And weep with me for Lebanon, for weeping for it is a sacred duty for the loyal.
In every seat sits a deputy, arms folded, blind, deaf, and mute.
And the sword of Sultan—is there anyone listening to the sword of Sultan who does not get excited?
Long live everyone who defends their people and their country, and down with the Francophiles.
Mercy to the knight of the sword and mercy to the knight of the pen.
