Dear “Civilized” World, Where was your show of solidarity when Azerbaijan invaded my land and ethnically cleansed tens of thousands? Where were the “upholders of democracy” when a power-hungry Azeri dictator waged war with a […]
Color me red. Red as the juicy pomegranate that is rough yet sweet, much like the lives of my people. Red as the innocent blood of my 1.5 million ancestors pulsing through my […]
You banished me to the desert, yet I thrived like a cactus through thick and thin. You pushed me into the Euphrates, Nevertheless, you could not drown my hopes, the burning hopes of my forefathers. […]
As Matthew records his account in The Bible, He takes us to Bethlehem, to a small little stable He tells of the story of Christ Jesus Birth And paranoid Herod who did not know His […]
Who Remembers the Palestinians? after Najwan Darwish We do and I ride the bus to the Nakba protest with them each day and my soorj, this morning We are drinking it with them You, […]
Stay far from fruit trees And unplowed fields. Avoid places where flora Hides crops sown by Planters in camouflage To feed fright and flight. Don’t touch the bomb, my baby. Don’t touch the bomb, my […]
It starts when Mind and body Forget connection Like place loses balance When borders move. History is testament To brave versus invader. Winners draw the maps But new lions come For the stolen places And […]
Head bent, hunched forward on hard bench Settling in for the eyes shut and Bones and dirt and Feeling alone. But bones and dirt scatter with the Voice of a child from behind the curtain. […]
No direction, no light, no path in sight We stand alone, we stand apart, we stand with heavy heart The despair, the fear, as our homeland disappears I am nothing, I am numb, as my […]
For 131 years our flag has flown high. Our spirit Our determination Our resilience. The shovel, pen, sword, and fist – the blood of our martyrs and heroes. The Sultan, the Ottomans, the Turks, the […]
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