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“I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma.
In the afternoon I put it back again.”

- Yifrenia -

“What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world

 remains and is immortal”

- Albert Pine

Women in the 2011 Revolutions: Tawakul Karman

  

“It is not allowable for the sun to reach the moon, nor does the night overtake the

day, but each, in an orbit, is swimming.” 

 

[Surat Yasin | 36:40]

The birds are going back north.

I wonder who said that birds are free?

Though they fly in the sky freely,

If they had no place to arrive or branches to rest on,

They might even regret having wings.

What is true freedom?

It is, perhaps, having a place to go back to.

- Japanese Anime

“What is the best type of Jihad [struggle]?” He answered: “Speaking truth before a

tyrannical ruler.”

 

Sunni Hadith

Interview

“If I were a sheep, I would know best how to run society,” said the sheep.

“Sometimes I sound more intelligent than I am.”

~

Humble Progress

Someone once told me

That watching clouds move made them smile

No matter how slow time takes, the sky’s movement inspires

Although we may feel pain, we know it will drift away

In the same way happiness can be lost from our grip

And sorrow escapes

~

Someone once told me

That watching birds fly, made them want to go on a journey

From surfing the net to surfing the waves

With every step, two steps remain

There wasn’t a tear that fell, wishing regrets disappear

We walk; we’re always in the making

~

Dying from Freedom

The roots can never experience the wonder of its blissful sunflower

The hen can never fly high like the endearing eagle

The ant can never acknowledge the greatness of giants

The mole can never sense the strength of sight

The fly can never reflect on its living time

And we can never believe in God

Unless

We break the frameworks of our minds

~

 

 

 

Palestine the Land I will Never Forget

These three poems are themed around the effects of Israeli occupation & were written after the Gaza crisis 2008