Peace Not War x Marawi Siege Script
Narrator: It's a busy day in Marawi City. Vendors are shouting, selling fruits and vegetables. Children are playing in the streets, and people are walking around. Suddenly, gunshots are heard. Chaos breaks out as ISIS militants arrive with guns and a black flag.
Amyh: Fresh fruits! Buy some!
Enz: Fish! Get your fish here!
(Suddenly, gunshots are heard. People panic and scream. A woman is grabbed by a militant.)
Bien: Hey, you! (points gun) Give me your money!
Jamie: I-I don’t have any money, please help me!
Bien: Give it to me! (searches her bag, finds nothing, throws it aside, points the gun, and pulls her by the hair.)
Carl: You thought the government would save you? Look at what’s left. Shame. (grins)
Dee Jay: Surrender! There’s no law here anymore! You will follow us!
Jamie: Please, I have a family... I didn’t do anything wrong!
Carl: Family? That doesn’t matter now!
Bien: Only the strong survive! (pulls her hair harder)
(Abu Salim signals his men. The woman cries and pleads before she’s shot. People cry and hug each other nearby.)
Jamie: Please, no!
(Bien shoots the woman in the head.)
Militants: Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar!
(Curtains Closed)
Boom! blood, flesh, struggle and fear
surrounding in the atmosphere
if one is sulky, one is scorned
if one is not a noble, one is a peasant
there are crimes, abuses, hates and injustices
and the only thing that rules the earth is immorality
Amyh: Sshhh… silence, for the end may come
voices are not made to speak the truth,
but to shout and scream!
Rose: eyes are not made to see the reality,
but to hide the facts and cry, and weep
and the hands are not made to reach out
but to fight instead!
This is not yet over
Bien: this is chaos!
Lee: this is chaos!
Kirby: this is chaos
this is what we call
WAR!
Jamie: It was a day of sorrow and despair,
As Marawi's people faced their deepest fears,
Homes lost, hearts broken in the fight,
Survivors searching for peace in the night.
The Marawi City, respected and honored Mosque.
Shattered! Boom!
Sacred walls crumbled, peace torn apart,
The mosque stood no more, a wounded heart.
Strangers wandered, Boom!
Angel: "I was there!"
Shaila: "I was there!"
Dee Jay: "I was there!"
In a blink, lives were taken.
Mothers, fathers lost; our Muslim brothers suffered.
All that remained were shattered souls and despair.
The cause? TERRORISM—fueled by unspeakable greed.
Rose Marie: "Mother, Father, why did you leave me? Why did they take you away? I’m scared and alone. All I wanted was peace."
Listen, and you will hear the cry of the trouble of
our faith
so now, eliminate all your senses!
Talk, and you will not be heard
for your rights are separate from the other turfs
(Insert Conversation)
Lee: Fellow soldiers, let's fight together for Marawi’s freedom!
Glendel: Faith is our strength in this battle!
Angel: I will give my all for Marawi’s freedom!
Carl: BEHOLD! For the beauty of Marawi were broken because of TERRORISM!
STOP! This are all hatred, hatred and hatred!
YOU! YOU! You who caused this pain, silencing the voices of the youth,
Youth who have the right to dream, to grow, and to be held,
For the unity and progress of Marawi’s future, now stolen.
Jamie: It’s time to wake up!
It’s time to do something!
the clock is ticking… tick tock tick tock
Enz: It is peace and wisdom we want
Shaila: like a steel pad that serves us on it’s path
Jamie: May that be all?
we need to show the true virtue of peace, love
soldiers may march towards the war
guns may kill millions of men
homes may be shuttered
and lives may be called in danger
but one thing is for sure
this is not the end
there is hope
Jamie: We, the youth lays here and wakes up in the advent
of war processes
Save our future
Join hands together
for what we want is
Peace Not War
(Marawi Song for Ending)
Hindi bala hindi bomba sa Marawi ang sagot
Ang iisang dugo ay galit ang bumabalot
Mga walang kamuwang-muwang kayakap ang luha at takot
Mga maling adhikain ay 'di tamang sagot
Marawi sabay-sabay nating ibabangon
Buong pagmamahal tayo ay aahon
Marawi darating din ang isang dapit-hapon
Sisikat ang araw sa isang bagong ngayon... Marawi......
(Ending)
Enz: Ina, ama (in Muslim) we are free now, Marawi is free!
Shaila: Inshallah! Alhamdulillah, Allah, thank You!
