Patriotic anthems on diaspora channels signal a lost homeland

Evidence

An old Majida al-Roumi song, “I Dream of You, O Lebanon,” began playing after the news, prompting one of the guys to comment in Arabic, “When they start hauling out the patriotic songs, that’s when you know you’ve lost your country.” Everyone laughed. — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 897

Categorization

• CANDY: A sharp, quotable line from someone in the diaspora that could open a conversation on exile and nation.
• SEED: Could be an essay angle: what patriotic songs mean in exile communities watching homeland TV from abroad.