Posts Tagged ‘Poem’

Al Miftah

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all you could keep,
is an old key,
an old rusty key
and no door to open with,
because the door was left behind.
Behind the hills,
behind the walls,
there was your house,
once,
now [...]

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The rapist of two cities

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By Raja Chemayel
My phone ran up ,I picked it up ,
it was my brother phoning me from Beirut.
“Guess what !! we have won !!”…..he said.
I answered him ,
Why ?? did the US Embassy close down and left ??
or did Samir Geagea hang himself ???
“No !! we are winning………..
can’t you understand ??? he shouted.
Tell [...]

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Why you never see Arabs on American news TV?

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By Remi (via: Poetic Injustice)
You ever wonder why you never see Arabs on news TV?
(No, chanting ‘God is Great!’ during flag burnings doesn’t count)
4 million in the country
Thousands teaching at universities
As many at institutions
And millions ready to speak from Arab cities
(Yes, in English)
We are occupying, not one, but two Mideast nations
Looking at a couple others
Support [...]

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Suheir Hammad - Def Poetry

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Palestinian-American poet and political activist Suheir Hammad.
She –author of three books, two-time winner of the Audre Lord Writing Award, and co-recipient of the 2005 Sister of Fire Award– is what you would call a “political poet.” This longtime Brooklyn resident sees her poetry as news, containing the power to influence and illuminate the world. She [...]

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Filistini: ??????? ??????? ???????

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This is what we teach our kids, this is our crime, they call us anti-Semitism because we… “LOVE PALESTINE”. Proud to be criminal in that sense!.
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We are all Hezbollah!

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Salaam Haitham
I hope you are keeping well.
I wrote this poem a few days ago..my friend in Lebanon passed on Friday. He was helping women and children escape from Tyre. His legs were blown off and he was left in this position for many hours. He later died on the way to assistance when the Hezbollah [...]

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